5 Urban Farming Laws That Need to Change—Now!
January 18, 2016These city ordinances might sound ridiculous to urban farmers’ ears, but they’re causing huge problems for city-based food producers.
3 Agrihoods Make Changes From Soil Up
June 18, 2015Communities prioritize food and agriculture in urban and suburban neighborhoods formed around farming.
School to Train New York Farmers
October 26, 2010Courtesy Just Food Farm School NYC will utilize urban farms around the city as classrooms for hands-on agricultural instruction. Country farming and city farming are like two sides of the same coin: Both involve raising plants and animals for food and require similar expertise in horticulture and animal husbandry. But in contrast to their country […]
Building Environmental Literacy
September 24, 2010Courtesy Ben Laterell Students in Portland, Ore., get to learn about installing gardens, cooking organically and selling at farmers’ markets thanks to a Classroom Earth grant. Teachers across the country face similar challenges on a day-to-day basis, but what do teachers Remy Dou of Miami, Fla., James Lorenz of Minneapolis, and Tom McKenna of Portland, […]
