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COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 03: Sprinklers water an agricultural field on July 3, 2024 near Coachella, California. A long-duration heat wave is impacting much of California with authorities warning of extreme health and wildfire risks. An excessive heat warning is in effect for all of the Coachella Valley through July 8th with highs forecast of up to 121 degrees. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The EPA Canceled These 21 Climate Justice Projects

By Riley Ramirez

July 23, 2025

From solar-powered greenhouses to wild rice initiatives, the Trump administration cut funding for nearly two dozen farm and food resilience projects.

Can This Baltimore Academy Continue to Train Urban Farmers?

June 30, 2025

Denzel Mitchell at Black Butterfly Teaching Farm. (Photo credit: Sam Delgado)

Hawaiian Taro Takes Root in Oregon

By Libby Leonard

April 9, 2025

Mōhala Youth Council Director Sophia Sakaino mentors a keiki, or child, clearing weeds to help kalo thrive in the community garden. Ka ʻAha Lāhui O ʻOlekona Hawaiian Civic Club.

Photo Essay: Standing in the Gaps With Feed Durham

By Katina Parker

March 12, 2025

An African American woman wearing a hoodie and mask and sunglasses stands behind a grill holding a large utensil

In Chicago, an Environmental Organization Feeds a Community

By Angela Burke

March 12, 2025

a vibrant community garden with tall sunflowers and workers

A Black-Led Agricultural Community Takes Shape in Maryland

December 4, 2024

Gail Taylor and D'Real Graham embrace on their newly acquired Spice Creek Farm in Brandywine, Maryland on November 10th, 2024

How a Community Gardener Grew Food for Her Family, Quit Her Job at McDonald’s, and Started a Farm

By Elizabeth Doerr

August 20, 2024

Maximina Hernández Reyes pictured at MR. Farms.

A Community of Growers

By Angelica Ang

July 23, 2024

A youth worker at East New York Farms' youth farm carries a tray of seedlings into the farm. (Photo credit: Angelica Ang)

Can New York City Treat Its Food Scraps As More Than Trash?

By Doug Bierend

July 15, 2024

Garbage bags full of waste, including compostable waste, pile up on the streets of new york city.

Oral History Project Preserves Black and Indigenous Food Traditions

By Liz Susman Karp

June 4, 2024

Ira Wallace (left) and Sariyah Benoit sit together in Spelman College’s Victory Garden. (Photo credit: Heirloom Gardens Project)

Mayor Eric Adams Scrapped NYC’s Compost Project. Here’s What Will Be Lost.

By Angelica Ang

May 14, 2024

Hands holding compost in new york city. (Photo credit: Angelica Ang)

Despite Recent Headlines, Urban Farming Is Not a Climate Villain

April 3, 2024

Market Garden youth interns tend to small-crop production at the urban farm Rivoli Bluffs in St-Paul, Minnesota, Sept. 28, 2022. (USDA photo by Christophe Paul)

A TED Talk Put Ron Finley on the Map. 10 Years Later, the ‘Gangsta Gardener’ Is Going Strong.

By Stephanie Toone

January 9, 2024

Ron Finley (Photo credit: Kat Hanegraaf)

JM Fortier Wants to Help More Small-Scale Farmers Grow Vegetables in Winter

By Twilight Greenaway

December 18, 2023

The Winter Market Gardener

New Orleans Urban Farmers Prepare for Overlapping Climate Disasters

October 19, 2023

Mina Seck of Sprout NOLA, which works with mostly small-scale farmers throughout Louisiana who lack crop insurance. (Photo courtesy of Sprout NOLA)

Op-ed: 4 Solutions to Make Urban Ag Policies More Equitable

By Anthony Nicome

September 21, 2023

Ronald White (left) and Willington Rolle work in the Roots in the City urban garden in Miami's Overtown neighborhood on October 21, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The 2-acre lot, which was once a blighted area, features collard greens, citrus trees, papayas, and an assortment of vegetables. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Organic Urban Farm Growing Healthy Food for One of Chicago’s Most Underserved Neighborhoods

By Cassie M. Chew

September 5, 2023

Harvesting Tomatoes at Growing Home. (Photo courtesy of Growing Home)

Re-envisioning New York City’s Green Spaces With Qiana Mickie

August 21, 2023

Congress Puts Federal Support for Urban Farming on the Chopping Block

August 7, 2023

Falani Spivey at the Urban Incubator Farm. (Photo credit: Lisa Held)

An Indigenous-Led Team Is Transforming a Minneapolis Superfund Site into a New Urban Farm

July 18, 2023

This Community Garden Helps Farmworkers Feed Themselves. Now It’s Facing Eviction.

By Twilight Greenaway

May 18, 2023

A farmworkers grows stands in the fields harvesting food at the Tierras Milperas community garden.

Forging Pathways to Land Access for BIPOC Farmers in Georgia

By Oisakhose Aghomo

March 2, 2023

Johanna Willingham (left), who manages Georgia FarmLink on behalf of ALT, and Jean Young (right), the first incubator farmer at ALT’s Williams Farm Incubator Program, walk the greenhouse at Williams Farm. (Photo credit: Oisakhose Aghomo)

Op-ed: Maryland’s New Governor Has His Sights Set on Ending Food Insecurity

By Anthony Nicome

February 2, 2023

These Chicago Urban Farmers Are Growing Local Food in the Wake of Steel Industry Pollution

January 26, 2023

Xavier “X” Colon, a young person with long braided black hair, a baseball cap, and a bright orange hi-visibility shirt, stands in the fields at South Chicago Farm. (Photo by Paul Gordon)

Urban Farms Are Stepping Up Their Roles in Communities Nationwide

By Rachel Surls

November 10, 2022

At far right, urban farmers Richard Garcia and Erika Cuellar, the founders of Alma Backyard farms, with some of their crew. (Photo credit: Rachel Surls)