Concerns grow over Fort Lauderdale plans

Concerns crop up as Fort Lauderdale plans urban farming ordinance

The City Commission is set to vote July 10 on an urban agriculture ordinance allowing urban farms and community gardens in the city. Some advocates of urban farming say the city's plan won't work. It also concerns residents who don't want to see a ...

Masirewa all for Urban Agriculture

URBAN agriculture could be an ideal solution to addressing food sustainability issues for urban households. Nausori Town Council special administrator Napolioni ...

A Moveable Feast - Urban Farm Online
ou don’t have to wake up early on Saturday mornings to buy locally grown foods. Creative farmers have found a way to bring their produce to you....

Community Gardens Help Ethiopia's Urban Poor Grow

Since 2008 in Ethiopia, the Urban Gardens Program has strived to improve the general health and incomes of women, orphans and vulnerable children ...

Mill City Farmers Market: A Love Story
 One of my very favorite things is the Mill City Farmer’s Market in downtown Minneapolis. Tucked behind the Mill Ruins along the Mississippi River, Mill City ...

Future of Food Production

Enthusiasm for urban agriculture is growing in Montreal

It seems Montrealers want some soil of their own, and maybe the odd chicken ...

Parks Commission to Take on Urban Farming Goals in Albany
Albany's Parks & Recreation Commission will discuss  to the future of urban farming in in Albany,  including the Gill Tract ... 

The Future of Food Production 
Adam Shaw and Saima Moshin,  journalists with the Horizons program on BBC World News, produced a documentary that examines innovative solutions for feeding an urban population ...

 MSU opens Urban-Agriculture Research Center
While traditionally a mecca in the worldwide automotive industry, the city of Detroit, may be adding another facet to its fundamental structure: global recognition as an important city in the field of urban-agriculture research ...

Urban farm raising greens, jobs
Farming in the city doesn't need a lot of land — and sometimes not even arable land. On a South Baltimore parking lot, inside six plastic-covered greenhouses, a handful of urban farmers are raising a cornucopia of greens in a thin layer of imported soil ...

Urban Agriculture Takes Root with ZinCo's New 'Urban Rooftop ...

ZinCo USA, a recognized leader in extensive and intensive green roof products, announced the release of a new green roof ...