While many people think of rural landscapes as agricultural hubs, more and more people are realizing the benefits of growing food, flowers, and fiber in urban spaces. Urban cores and peri-urban spaces ...

Lack of accessibility and availability of fresh produce in urban settings is increasing. As large grocery stores move out of urban areas, fresh produce availability has become more challenging. In ...

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LOCAL FARMING: Margie Raimondo instructs families on how to grow food as part of her nonprofit urban farm, Urbana Farmstead. Credit: Brian Chilson On a small plot in south Little Rock that was once a ...

Ever since the construction of Boston's Fenway Park in 1912, the towering, 37-foot-high left field wall known as "the Green Monster" has been one of its most iconic architectural features. But in ...

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In this video brought to you by the Local Motives YouTube channel, we explore how a small community urban farm in Red Hook, Brooklyn produces over 150 tons of compost every year with just hand tools.

Willie Patmon wants to teach Detroit's children how to plant the seeds to grow, harvest and consume clean produce. TC Collins of Willow Run Acres farm, a Ypsilanti farmer known as "Farmer TC," who has ...

ARDMORE, Okla. (KTEN) — The Southern Oklahoma Urban Small Farm Hub is opening next Monday at the Murray State College Ardmore campus with the goal of producing healthy, local foods. Through a ...

Dallas' first urban farm started in a vacant lot and grew into far more than the small garden that started it all. A quote on a garden wall says, "I will be everything they say I could not be." That's ...

The cost of everything is going up, and Americans in small towns, big cities and everywhere in between are feeling the squeeze. During his 2024 campaign, President Donald Trump promised to ...