Alma Backyard Farms in Los Angeles fosters a connection to land and food production as restorative justice for the formerly incarcerated and their communities.
Tag: urban farming
1000 Tiny Farms: A Regenerative Network
Greg Reese of Sea + Soil talks about establishing a regenerative network of market gardens in Southern California to achieve food resilience, connect people with the land, and build community.
A Farm Grows in LA: Urban Farming with Avenue 33
Avenue 33 Farm is reestablishing Indigenous farming methods to an urban Los Angeles hillside using permaculture and regenerative principles. Listen to the interview on EcoJustice Radio.
Empowering Community Through Urban Farming – EcoJustice Radio
Learn how our “wasted resources” have direct social, economic and environmental impacts and how local groups are creating local solutions. This episode’s guests are tackling the environmental issues of soil health and wasted organics, all the while building community roots and social equity through local composting and thriving urban farms.
This episode’s guests are tackling the environmental issues of soil health and wasted organics, all the while building community roots and social equity through local composting and thriving urban farms.
How to Make Urban Farming Sustainable? Distribution.
State and local governments must take bold, yet simple measures to correct the current major obstacle preventing real growth in urban farming — a viable distribution system.
Greening Detroit: Positive Change Moves Slow and Fast
On one hand, Detroit turns the water off for communities challenged by its legacy of disinvestment and neglect. Yet, with urban farming, electric streetcars, neighborhood reinvention, Mayor Mike Duggan’s pledges begin to manifest in the city’s North End, despite considerable financial and cultural impediments. John Eligon elaborates.
Chicago: Does Vertical Indoor Farming Matter?
Urban Farming and its vertical indoor application have become all the rage. We look at a project in Chicago and question whether the craze will matter for the future of agriculture.