To First Generation Farmers Executive Director Alli Cecchini and head farmer Eleanor VanHof, a 13-acre section of the prime farmland in the Bay Area’s east Contra Costa County is the site of the long-dreamed-of Urban Edge Sustainable Farming (UESF).
For the first cohort of students, many of them women, people...
The innovative foods sold within the walls of an old printing warehouse on San Antonio’s near East Side include a freshly fermented bloody mary mix, locally farmed produce or a cluster of black garlic.
“The main reason for the event is to get chefs down here and see what we...
Jamaica's Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, JC Hutchinson, says the active engagement of young people in agriculture can turn them away from a life of crime.
Relating his own experience, Hutchinson informed that 20 unattached and vulnerable youth in his north west St....
Pashon Murray cofounded Detroit Dirt in 2010 as a local compost company, which focuses on being an engine for waste reduction and climate benefits.
As a child growing up in Grand Rapids, she watched her father run a waste removal company and accompanied him on trips to the landfill.
Today, this...
Last summer, Wen Lee and her husband Chris Stratton, had a surplus of vegetables growing in their garden.
The couple built what they call a “Share Shed” using donated paint from neighbors, scrap wood, and other material leftover from previous projects. The shed allows community members to take what they...
This is a 15 minute overview of Nairobi's urban farmers. Mazingira Institute provides training to young urban farmers on efficient use of urban spaces, job creation, organic crops, livestock and health issues. Women and youth farmer hubs have formed a platform and network for community practice advancing food security...
If you think that more people around you are getting involved with growing food plants around their house, you are correct. There are some very good reasons why you should consider doing so yourself.
Most retail chains today procure fruits and vegetables from large producers. These are usually grown...
Dogpatch Urban Gardens is the only for-profit farm in Des Moines city limits - the realization of one of Jenny Quiner's dreams.
Quiner, one of the Des Moines Register's People To Watch for 2018, already has a steady flow of business and is looking to turn her farmstead into a...
Kern Agrawal was just 20 when he was introduced to the bliss and sanity of organic gardening and urban farming by his long-time girlfriend and now wife, Ranjani, over a decade ago.
Kern was ushered into the art and science of agriculture in his final year of MBA at the...
In our recent history, we have removed the growing of food far away from the places where more than half of humanity today lives - the cities (UN statistics from 2014 show that 54 per cent of human population is now in urban areas).
This video (below) makes a strong...