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From London Vacant Storefront to Thriving Urban Farming Hub

FARM:shop is London's first farm in a storefront.

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Yard CSAs: Hey, Neighbor—You Gonna Eat That?

There's nothing like a box of lovingly, locally grown fruits and veggies to kick off a week (or two) of good eating.

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Five Reasons Why Urban Farming is the Most Important Movement of our Time

I love suburbia not for what it is, but for what it could be. While most other houses on my street have grass lawns, my yard sprouts...

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The Fact That Changed Everything: Will Allen and Growing Power Vertical Farm

“It was part of my proposal to the city that I would to teach kids about how to grow food and about food systems—that was my purpose,” says Allen

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Stay-at-Home Dad Wins Right to Farm His Frontyard

With the help of a libertarian lawyer, Karl Tricamo can continue growing eggplant and tomatoes where other people might just push a mower.

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Growing Pains: Why Is L.A. So Hard on Urban Farmers?

The city of Los Angeles is an ideal place to stage an urban farming revolution—if the government ever chooses to dig in.

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A 'Vertical Greenhouse' Could Make a Swedish City Self-Sufficient

Growing these plants in the city will make food production less costly both for the environment and for consumers.

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Nonprofit Spotlight: Farming in the Heart of a City

Located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, Jones Valley Urban Farm offers fresh vegetables and health education to an area known for its food deserts.

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Help Design Brooklyn's New Public Market Dekalb Market, Not Just a Container Contest Wants Your Creative Ideas for New Brooklyn Market

Dekalb Market will be a sustainable, community hub for art, food, farming, and small business. Submit your pitches for stalls now and win free rent.

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Can City Farmers Make a Living? Activist Eli Zigas on the Challenges of Urban Agriculture

Will urban agriculture become a major part of the food system in San Francisco?

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Forget Urban Farms. We Need a Wal-Mart Wal-Marts in Cities Mean Better Food

Plans for urban farms in Detroit get a lot press. But the author argues that they aren't going to come close to fixing the city's food desert.

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Legalize Urban Produce, Says San Francisco Mayor

A new ordinance will allow urban farmers to sell the food they grow.

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Windowfarms Let Urban Apartment Dwellers Grow Their Own Food

Want to grow your own food but don't have a plot of land? The Windowfarms Project makes kits for modular, hydroponic "farms" that hang in your window.