urban farming and gardening

“Small is beautiful,” as the saying goes. Everything tiny is cute. Images of tiny kittens and puppies bring about squeals of delight. We stand and look in awe at creatures ...

Lenten Roses are blooming during their namesake time of year. A colleague gave me tiny seedlings of these ...

San Francisco’s city urban planning agenda clashes with neighborhood sustainability projects.

Students and teachers get fresh air, fresh food, and learn in new ways while building and tending school ...

Imagine urban sprawl in reverse, where abandoned real estate is cleared to plant trees—that is the idea behind ...

With smokestacks and cranes in the distant view, it is hard to believe a 43,000-square-foot farm can exist ...

Teenagers have a harder time finding work than any other age group.

Erin Barnes took the love for nature she found as a kid and studied how to help preserve ...

Across the state, a little beetle is sought after by scientists, gardeners, and nature lovers alike. It’s a ...

Seattle will soon be home to the nation’s largest urban food forest.

A distinguished group of panelists discussed their visions for feeding New York City on May 2 as part ...

In Our Backyards (IOBY), the only environment-focused, online crowd-sourcing platform, has been helping local community projects find micro-philanthropists.

A gigantic rooftop farm inside of a hydroponic greenhouse will be built on top of an abandoned warehouse ...

Gardeners from all five boroughs swapped seeds, stories, and gardening tips at the 28th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether at ...

Brooklynites can watch their neighborhoods transform from empty lots to community hot spots by viewing the map at ...

A school of thought among urban gardeners holds that African-Americans do not get involved in growing crops partly ...