What do you think of when you hear the term “urban agriculture?” Sometimes it’s about practices involving cultivating, processing, and distributing food in densely populated areas. At other times, it [ … ]
Category: Grow Your Own Food
Empowering Communities with Urban Agriculture in Detroit
The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative has just announced America’s First Sustainable Urban Agrihood: 3 acres of farmland featuring 2-acre urban garden, a 200-tree fruit orchard, a children’s sensory garden, and more nestled among vacant land and abandoned homes.
The Coolest School Lunch Program EVER
Fifth and sixth graders at Pacific Elementary prepare lunch for the whole school using food they grew in the school’s garden classroom. And they do it every day.
Invite Garden Pollinators with a Mason Bee House
Make your garden even more pollinator-friendly by building a DIY mason bee house. It’s easy!
NY’s Floating Food Forest is Amazing
Urban food forests may not be new, but in New York, the Swale floating food forest takes advantage of the city’s waterways to get fresh food to even more neighborhoods.
Green garlic is so easy to grow, a toddler can do it!
My three-year-old and I planted a ton of green garlic, and you can, too! Here’s how to grow, harvest, and eat green garlic!
Gardening on a Shoestring Makes Gardening Accessible
Growing food can cost a lot, but Gardening on a Shoestring proves that gardening doesn’t have to be expensive!
Flatpack Urban Farm Grows 6.6 Tons of Food in 538 Square Feet
This flatpack urban farm only takes up 538 square feet, but its creators say that it can yield as much as 6 tonnes (6.6 tons) of fresh produce per year.
17 Raised Bed Ideas for Your Spring Garden
Whether you’re a hard core DIYer or prefer a little help from a kit, we have got some stellar raised bed ideas for you!
320 Square Foot Shipping Container Garden Produces Like 2 Acres of Farmland
Meet the shipping container garden that produces 2 acres of food in 320 square feet!
How Gardening Helped Cancer Survivors Stay in Remission
Gardening helps cancer survivors improve health in just months. Here’s how an experimental garden is changing lives by changing lifestyles.
Aurora Urban Farm will Grow 100,00 Pounds of Organic Produce per Year
A new Aurora urban farm is an educational facility. Students will help plant, nurture, and harvest the produce, which will benefit area low-income families.
This Tree Grows 40 Fruits, Produces All Summer Long
Artist Sam Van Aken uses grafting techniques to create his Tree of 40 Fruit. It’s a stone fruit tree that produces different fruits all summer.