urban agriculture

Plantita Power: Microgreens in the District
Jennifer Vilcarino
George Washington University
In this short documentary, Planet Forward Comcast Sustainable Storytelling Fellow Jennifer Cuyuch highlights Plantita Power, an organization that provides healthy food options for the D.C. QTBIPOC community.
The edible alleyway: How a community garden transformed a Montreal neighborhood
A green sign reads "Ruelle verte" or green alley over a wooden pagado.

The sign on the wooden arch reads "Ruelle verte" or "green alley." (Clarice Knelly/SUNY-Plattsburgh).

Clarice Knelly
Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY-Plattsburgh
William Borque said the alleyways that surrounded Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie's community garden in Montreal used to be a “wasteland.” Now, they’re brimming with fruit trees, mushroom gardens and local art.
Social and technological innovation: Mobile planter urban agriculture boxes in Washington D.C.
Liz Brodie
Franklin & Marshall College
In Washington D.C., urban agriculture organizations are finding innovative methods to provide food access to Black residents and inspire systemic change.
From farm to table to farm again
Emma Bartram
Eckerd College
Compost could be the key to turning around the future of our planet.
Urban agriculture in Nairobi: How to feed a growing city
Jake Meyers
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?
Free salad: Inspiring a grassroots hydroponics movement

(Nate Mach/University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Nate Mach
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.
Leafy Green Machine: An acre sized lunch box
Leafy Green Machine greens

The Leafy Green Machine is optimized for the growth of a wide variety of lettuces, herbs and hearty greens. (Photo courtesy Freight Farms)

Emily Arnold
Planet Forward Correspondent | Georgetown University
The triple bottom line solution to our food system.
Tutors for a farming illiterate society
Shandra Furtado
George Washington University
Researchers at UDC are implementing "urban food hubs" in food deserts in DC to teach people how to grow their own food.
Cultivating the city, one vacant lot at a time
H St. Farms is Cultivate the City's rooftop garden.
H St. Farms is Cultivate the City's rooftop garden.
Medill News Service
Northwestern University
Niraj Ray built a network of 25 urban gardens made in schools, sports parks and other vacant lots around the city. All 25 sites are joined together by one central rooftop garden, the H St. Farms, and contribute to sustainability efforts in D.C.
Can an army of one save a half million?
Emily Robinson
The George Washington University
The battle begins on the rooftop.

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