Join us for our final cultivating farmers workshop of the season! This session is designed to help farmers build confidence in navigating the grant-writing…

00:31:17 - In this episode, Diana and Michael are joined by Professor Lingxi Chenyang to discuss her article, “Food Antidemocracy,” forthcoming in the Southern…

ANNOUNCEMENTH.R. 7567 – Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Dear Colleague: The Committee on Rules may meet the week of April 27th to provide for floor consideration of H.R. 7567.

New Yorkers set out triple the amount of compost last April compared to the month before.

Your organization, farm, business, or coalition is invited to sign onto the following letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate and House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittees. The deadl...

In her book “Tiny Gardens Everywhere,” MIT historian Kate Brown examines the surprising reach of urban agriculture and farming on common ground — and the related struggles over control of land that ha...

A participatory event on how to advocate for local ordinances to support distributed composting featuring real-life examples.

JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems

Plans underway for the landmark that began as a sprawling department store

This is what happens when communities are built around farms, gardens, and crops - not cars.

Podcast Episode · Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank) · 01/29/2026 · 39m

Colorado Department of Agriculture’s Urban Agriculture Program is opening its first funding opportunity for urban producers.

New Jersey Farm Bureau has launched an urban agriculture initiative as part of a broader plan to expand membership.

Learn how Liz Turner highlights key factors affecting urban agriculture, including water access and municipal policy constraints.

npj Urban Sustainability - Leaching the good stuff: nitrogen and phosphorus in real and experimental urban agricultural settings

The world's biggest meat company, a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is leading food-company efforts in global climate talks.

Those goals aren’t in keeping with the new administration, which has pledged to direct resources toward traditional farming and to bar any programs with a hint of diversity, equity and inclusion.

JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems

Without additional funding, Colorado will have to begin restricting free breakfast and lunch to low-income students and schools.

Steve Cohen, director of Columbia's M.S. in Sustainability Management program, discusses the present and future of food waste programs in NYC.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

Despite federal roadblocks, an ambitious agroforestry program is feeding people, cleaning the air, and helping offset climate change.

Community canneries can bring people together, encourage food sovereignty and healthy local food systems, and even mitigate climate change.

JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems

At its September 17 meeting, the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee introduced five new recommendations to support urban agriculture. The Committee will revisit them—and…

In September 2025, Congress faces significant deadlines to avoid a government shutdown and fund the USDA, while also grappling with stalled efforts to pass a full farm bill, now nearly seven years ove...

Nobody loves a committee, right? But yesterday the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee (UAIPAC) held the first of three meetings for September, and I attended. I love thi…

The department's proposal to spread workforce to five regional hubs has drawn bipartisan criticism.

Urban Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture

The North Coast Emergency Food System Partnership connects emergency and food professionals after fires, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will hold three public meetings for the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee (UAIPAC). UAIPAC will discuss proposed recommen...

National Collaboration for Local Impact

After 18 years, Chinatown mainstay Yue Wa market announces its closure.

Government-run, nonprofit grocery systems can better respond to food-price inflation, corporate consolidation, and inequality.