urban farming
Co-founder of Cedillo’s Produce Dulce Morales standing before the farm’s hoop house. (Astry Rodriguez)
Northwestern University
Many South and West Side neighborhoods of Chicago tragically face food insecurity. Locally growing produce has been a strategy employed in backyards, urban farms and community gardens to combat this issue and address food quality concerns.
Than Naing Oo next to his garden plot in 2018 in Chicago. (Photo courtesy of Paul Bick)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University
Global Garden Refugee Training Farm in Chicago makes space for refugee farmers to grow traditional fruits and vegetables, while also integrating local cultivars. One farmer shares what he grows in his farm plot.
Recipes for Food Security | Dollars and diversity: Why young farmers need investment, representation
Decker Woods and Sophia Cooper exchange farming tips in Big Muddy Farms’ biggest plot, July 6, 2021 (Photo by Jules Struck).
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College
Big Muddy Urban Farm minimizes some of the financial barriers that keep potential farmers from entering the industry, like low profit.
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent
Francis Wachira shows it is possible to end hunger and fight climate change through urban farming in Nairobi, Kenya.
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent
Nairobi is growing exponentially. Can urban farming help a city on track to reach 8.5 million people achieve a more food secure future?
UNC Chapel Hill
A 13-year-old boy is making his environmental mark by raising 60 chickens in order to sell sustainably-produced eggs.
Two compost bins side-by-side. The bin on the left contains broken down organic material, while the one on the right contains fresh food scraps that have yet to break down. (David Silver/Flickr)
George Washington University
Urban composting programs have been popping up nationwide, and Common Good City Farm offers the DC area to have one of its own.
(Nate Mach/University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Wisconsin - Madison
A Madison, Wisconsin-based dream of a hydroponics-driven future: How one student organization hopes to inspire others to embrace clean, sustainable urban agriculture.
SUNY ESF
Vertical farming can help provide healthier living for humans, fish, plants, and the ecosystem at large.
The George Washington University
Urban farming provides Americans with a new, innovative method for decreasing food instability.