"...a new era is leaning into collaboration and community to build sustainability" Yes! #UrbanAgriculture

This #USDA committee is a pipeline for the public to affect policy. I attended the meetings and part of my public comment was included in the final committee recommendations. The next question is whether any of the rcommendations will be enacted. #UrbanAgriculture cityfarmer.info/urban-agricu...

How can food charity be more just? What improvements do local growers, food pantry managers, and food pantry clients in Prince George’s County, Maryland suggest? Read the full @JAFSCD article for free: doi.org/10.5304/jafs... #foodbanks #maryland #UrbanAgriculture

The Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee advises #USDa on urban and innovative farming, and with three seats opening next year, we have a chance to nominate people who understand and support #UrbanAgriculture. www.usda.gov/farming-and-...

In addition to feeding kids, these measures would fund schools to buy food directly from Colorado farmers and ranchers and provide training and equipment to support making more school meals from scratch using fresh, local ingredients.

" I just think NYC is a very fast-paced place. We’re built around energy, mobility, community and convenience, and people just don’t care enough." -- Steve Cohen, Columbia Climate School. #Urban Agriculture #Composting #CircularEconomy

I'm wondering what happened to all the food that was supposed to be used as food aid. Does anyone reading this know? projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Aiming for city-wide distribution to ensure no one is ever far from a food oasis. #UrbanFarming #EdibleLandscape #UrbanAgriculture #FoodForest

#UrbanAgriculture is not a matter of farming in a vacuum. Farms need to be part of a larger support system including suppliers, processors, distributors and customers. How about community canneries? Local gardeners benefit too. #Gardening civileats.com/2025/10/01/o...

Building a food system embedded in place. How a neighborhood restaurant pulled together farmers, neighbors, and the USDA to build a community food hub—and why ‘resilience’ was the magic word. #UrbanAgriculture #LocalFood #FoodSystems www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fs...

This is your chance to let the USDA know how they can help support #UrbanAgriculture and innovative production. Attend next Wednesday's meeting -- email a comment. More info here.. foodpolicyforclimateactivists.blog/2025/09/19/j...

Here's a powerhouse statement on #FarmBill from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, including a small piece on #UrbanAgriculture. Read it and get up to speed speedily. sustainableagriculture.net/blog/septemb...

A #FoodCoop in Brooklyn inspires cities around the world. Beautiful things happen when we keep talking to each other! #UrbanAgriculture

I attended the first of 3 September meetings of UAIPAC Wednesday. The new chief of #NRCS spoke and was reassured about their continued support of #UrbanAg by the #USDA. For more info about UAIPAC, read my post. foodpolicyforclimateactivists.blog/2025/09/11/w...

If you kept meaning to let the USDA know what you think of their reorganization plan but never got a round tuit, here's one here. #usda subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

The #USDA Urban Agriculture and Innovative Productions Advisory Committee is holding 3 meetings this month for the first time this year--a year's worth of meetings in one month. Show #UrbanAg some love. Attend a meeting. Make a comment, email or oral. sites.google.com/view/urban-a...

The North Coast Emergency Food System Partnership connects California’s food-system and emergency workers to feed people after devastating fires, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes.

Bees! Let’s hear it for urban biodiversity. #UrbanAg #Bees #CityPlanning

The Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee advises the Secretary of Agriculture. It is meant to meet 3 times a year, but hasn't met at all this year. Now it's scheduled for 3 meetings in September. I'm registered! #UrbanAg #USDA www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Zoom meeting September 17 from 1-2 PM Pacific Time. We share what we're up to in our respective cities--lost a grant, starting a compost program, arranged for local farmers to meet their Congress member... Join the discussion! Meet urban ag enthusiasts. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Small urban farms, like small urban markets, depend on a healthy community to thrive. We've got work to do if we want cities with vibrant local food systems! #UrbanAg #Gentrification #AsianHate #ICE #Crime #Healthcare www.latimes.com/food/story/2...

Op-ed: Public Grocery Stores Already Exist and Work Well. We Need More.

STOP. THE. PRESSES. 🚨 Philly’s own Christa Barfield aka #FarmerJawn is officially a 2025 Woman of Influence! From turning empty lots into thriving farms to proving Black women lead in ag, she’s growing food, justice, and the future. 🌱💪 #WomenOfInfluence #PhillyProud

Here's the start of another municipal composting program -- a pilot in Bristol, Rhode Island. #UrbanAg #Composting #ClimateCrisis #ZeroWaste #CircularEconomy #CutMethane

It's not easy bringing up a new, city-wide composting effort!

Following the USDA’s food and farm funding: Here’s what’s been canceled and frozen, and resources for those affected. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Climate #Food #Agriculture #USDA #Grants #Policy #Politics

A new bipartisan bill could put federal food dollars to work for local farmers and families in need. 🍎 I break down what’s in the Strengthening Local Food Security Act—and why it matters. sofiasculinarychronicles.substack.com/p/from-farm-... #FoodPolicy #FarmToSchool #FoodSecurity

If you're advocating for #UrbanAg or applying for a grant, it helps to have numbers to support your claims. How about a tool to measure "community care, collective agency, land-based spirituality, and community power"? www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fs... @jafscd.bsky.social

What can produce prescription programs do for patients, providers, and food systems? In Waltham, Massachusetts, a farm-based produce prescription is improving food access, food sovereignty, and health outcomes. Read the full JAFSCD article for free: doi.org/10.5304/jafs...

Strategies for Broadening Participation in #CSA Programs. Research showed the most effective strategies are centered on affordability and understandability. #CSA Read more on the implications and successes of CSAs here: doi.org/10.5304/jafs... @jafscd.bsky.social

A poignant and beautiful blend of #rewilding and #UrbanAg. "At first, Sheveiko says, most passersby think he’s crazy. But after answering their questions, if they’re still interested, 'I bring them up here and I blow their mind. And they’re never the same again.'” ambrook.com/offrange/per...

#UrbanAg #USDA

Can philanthropy make up for the cuts in federal food aid? The director of a Hawai’i food program: “We’re scraping by for now. But next year? The money vanishes.” Cities need stable food systems. #FoodJustice www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/threats...

What do you think? Is dispersed, open-market agriculture the ideal? Do we have complete corporate takeover now? Would co-ops or government control be preferable? How does #UrbanAg fit in? farmaction.us/who-will-con...

What a magnificent idea! I am so happy that CAFF is part of the urban ag community in California. caff.org/urbanagadvis... #UrbanAgriculture ‪@caff-famfarms.bsky.social‬

The #USDA is systematically reducing funding avenues that typically support #UrbanAgriculture, marginalized farmer support, and #LocalFood systems.

Here's a link to the draft of #LosAngeles County's 2025 #sustainability plan, open for comment. Goal 10 is all about the #FoodSystem. See comments for more info. file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos...

Our next meeting will be August 20, 1-2 PM, Pacific Time. We'll talk about what everyone is doing in their city and I'll discuss the vulnerable state of urban agriculture in the USDA. You're welcome to join us. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Wishing #Houston, Texas, the best of luck with their application to the USDA for a #composting grant. I hope composting and other urban ag solutions stay strong at the USDA! @houstonlanding.bsky.social @ellevarela.bsky.social houstonlanding.org/experts-say-...

Brooke Rollins is throwing farmers lives into chaos, all to do Trump’s anti-DEI bidding. Our client in our case against USDA, Agroecology Commons, describes the last few months of mayhem:

The recently introduced legislation would create a new, permanent program for states and tribal governments to purchase local food from small and mid-sized farms for distribution to community organizations such as food banks.

A 90-minute video. Great background info. #UrbanAgriculture #USDA www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-qY...

Due to grant cuts by the USDA, Agroecology Commons will offer less support to fewer aspiring farmers from underserved communities.

Since the Office of Urban Agriculture was created in the 2018 Farm Bill, there has been a much stronger focus on urban agriculture at the USDA. But the grassroots effort that helped bring it into being needs to make sure it flourishes! foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fs...

"... #UrbanAgriculture provides safe havens for people to gather, heals communities, and restores land..." Quiana Mickie foodtank.com/news/2024/06...

I visited the Atwater Village #FarmersMarket yesterday, talked to Michelle and Todd at LA #Compost and a couple of people dropping off food scraps, visited Mike Wood's stall -- he's on our LA Urban County Committee -- and totally enjoyed the vibe. It's one of Food Access LA's 8 farmers' markets.

What is community #composting? ilsr.org/composting/w...

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) is launching year two of the Composting for Community Mini-Grant Program to support new or existing local community composters in New England coastal states and – for the first time – New York City. #Compost #Grant ilsr.org/articles/202...

A powerful op-ed by Alba Velasquez, Director of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, in Civil Eats, the best food magazine I know. "I am heartbroken to see the Trump administration ... uprooting people and food systems." #food #immigration #LosAngeles #GoodFoodLA civileats.com/2025/07/22/o...