Urban Agriculture Network
@nationaluan.bsky.social
US-based group focused on urban food system issues, sharing insights across cities. Hosted by Climate Reality Project — because food is a climate issue.
We Zoom monthly. Come ruminate with us.
https://sites.google.com/view/urban-agriculture-network
We Zoom monthly. Come ruminate with us.
https://sites.google.com/view/urban-agriculture-network
"...a new era is leaning into collaboration and community to build sustainability" Yes! #UrbanAgriculture
Collaboration is redefining resilience in our food systems
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Collaboration: The New Face of Resilience in Agriculture
About time we work together
progressispurpose.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"...a new era is leaning into collaboration and community to build sustainability" Yes! #UrbanAgriculture
This #USDA committee is a pipeline for the public to affect policy. I attended the meetings and part of my public comment was included in the final committee recommendations. The next question is whether any of the rcommendations will be enacted. #UrbanAgriculture
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Urban agriculture panel stands up to Trump cuts — City Farmer News
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.
cityfarmer.info
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This #USDA committee is a pipeline for the public to affect policy. I attended the meetings and part of my public comment was included in the final committee recommendations. The next question is whether any of the rcommendations will be enacted. #UrbanAgriculture
cityfarmer.info/urban-agricu...
cityfarmer.info/urban-agricu...
How can food charity be more just? What improvements do local growers, food pantry managers, and food pantry clients in Prince George’s County, Maryland suggest? Read the full @JAFSCD article for free: doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
#foodbanks #maryland #UrbanAgriculture
#foodbanks #maryland #UrbanAgriculture
Conceptualizing food justice in the food charity system in Prince George’s County, Maryland, USA
| Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
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November 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
How can food charity be more just? What improvements do local growers, food pantry managers, and food pantry clients in Prince George’s County, Maryland suggest? Read the full @JAFSCD article for free: doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
#foodbanks #maryland #UrbanAgriculture
#foodbanks #maryland #UrbanAgriculture
The Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee advises #USDa on urban and innovative farming, and with three seats opening next year, we have a chance to nominate people who understand and support #UrbanAgriculture. www.usda.gov/farming-and-...
October 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee advises #USDa on urban and innovative farming, and with three seats opening next year, we have a chance to nominate people who understand and support #UrbanAgriculture. www.usda.gov/farming-and-...
In addition to feeding kids, these measures would fund schools to buy food directly from Colorado farmers and ranchers and provide training and equipment to support making more school meals from scratch using fresh, local ingredients.
Colorado election 2025: Voters to decide two ballot measures on free school meals | Colorado Newsline
Without additional funding, Colorado will have to begin restricting free breakfast and lunch to low-income students and schools.
coloradonewsline.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In addition to feeding kids, these measures would fund schools to buy food directly from Colorado farmers and ranchers and provide training and equipment to support making more school meals from scratch using fresh, local ingredients.
" I just think NYC is a very fast-paced place. We’re built around energy, mobility, community and convenience, and people just don’t care enough." -- Steve Cohen, Columbia Climate School. #Urban Agriculture #Composting #CircularEconomy
NYC’s Composting Rates Are Low. A Sustainability Expert Thinks AI Will Offer a Solution. Eventually.
Steve Cohen, director of Columbia's M.S. in Sustainability Management program, discusses the present and future of food waste programs in NYC.
news.climate.columbia.edu
October 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
" I just think NYC is a very fast-paced place. We’re built around energy, mobility, community and convenience, and people just don’t care enough." -- Steve Cohen, Columbia Climate School. #Urban Agriculture #Composting #CircularEconomy
I'm wondering what happened to all the food that was supposed to be used as food aid. Does anyone reading this know?
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
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...
projects.propublica.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I'm wondering what happened to all the food that was supposed to be used as food aid. Does anyone reading this know?
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
Aiming for city-wide distribution to ensure no one is ever far from a food oasis. #UrbanFarming #EdibleLandscape #UrbanAgriculture #FoodForest
Denver’s Food Forests Provide Free Fruit While Greening the Environment
Despite federal roadblocks, an ambitious agroforestry program is feeding people, cleaning the air, and helping offset climate change.
civileats.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Aiming for city-wide distribution to ensure no one is ever far from a food oasis. #UrbanFarming #EdibleLandscape #UrbanAgriculture #FoodForest
#UrbanAgriculture is not a matter of farming in a vacuum. Farms need to be part of a larger support system including suppliers, processors, distributors and customers. How about community canneries? Local gardeners benefit too. #Gardening
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Op-ed: Let’s Preserve Our Communities Through Canning Food
Community canneries can bring people together, encourage food sovereignty and healthy local food systems, and even mitigate climate change.
civileats.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#UrbanAgriculture is not a matter of farming in a vacuum. Farms need to be part of a larger support system including suppliers, processors, distributors and customers. How about community canneries? Local gardeners benefit too. #Gardening
civileats.com/2025/10/01/o...
civileats.com/2025/10/01/o...
Building a food system embedded in place. How a neighborhood restaurant pulled together farmers, neighbors, and the USDA to build a community food hub—and why ‘resilience’ was the magic word. #UrbanAgriculture #LocalFood #FoodSystems www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fs...
View of Local food system resilience in discourse and community practice
JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
www.foodsystemsjournal.org
September 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Building a food system embedded in place. How a neighborhood restaurant pulled together farmers, neighbors, and the USDA to build a community food hub—and why ‘resilience’ was the magic word. #UrbanAgriculture #LocalFood #FoodSystems www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fs...
This is your chance to let the USDA know how they can help support #UrbanAgriculture and innovative production. Attend next Wednesday's meeting -- email a comment. More info here..
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Join the Discussion on Urban Agriculture Recommendations
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…
foodpolicyforclimateactivists.blog
September 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This is your chance to let the USDA know how they can help support #UrbanAgriculture and innovative production. Attend next Wednesday's meeting -- email a comment. More info here..
foodpolicyforclimateactivists.blog/2025/09/19/j...
foodpolicyforclimateactivists.blog/2025/09/19/j...
Here's a powerhouse statement on #FarmBill from
the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, including a small piece on #UrbanAgriculture. Read it and get up to speed speedily. sustainableagriculture.net/blog/septemb...
the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, including a small piece on #UrbanAgriculture. Read it and get up to speed speedily. sustainableagriculture.net/blog/septemb...
September in Washington, DC: FY26 Appropriations, Shutdown, and Farm Bill
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...
sustainableagriculture.net
September 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Here's a powerhouse statement on #FarmBill from
the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, including a small piece on #UrbanAgriculture. Read it and get up to speed speedily. sustainableagriculture.net/blog/septemb...
the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, including a small piece on #UrbanAgriculture. Read it and get up to speed speedily. sustainableagriculture.net/blog/septemb...
A #FoodCoop in Brooklyn inspires cities around the world. Beautiful things happen when we keep talking to each other! #UrbanAgriculture
Time for #ParkSlope Food Co-op inspiring #LaLouve #food #cooperative in #Paris which in turn inspired #LaOsa food cooperative in #Madrid
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linewaitersgazette.com/2025/09/16/l... #nutrition #foodjustice #cooperatives
La Osa, A Madrid Food Coop Inspired by Our Own
September 16, 2025 By Kim Velsey In 2015, Madrid was caught up in the wave of progressive social change sweeping Europe and, after two decades of conservative rule, elected far-left mayoral candida…
linewaitersgazette.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A #FoodCoop in Brooklyn inspires cities around the world. Beautiful things happen when we keep talking to each other! #UrbanAgriculture
I attended the first of 3 September meetings of UAIPAC Wednesday. The new chief of #NRCS spoke and was reassured about their continued support of #UrbanAg by the #USDA. For more info about UAIPAC, read my post. foodpolicyforclimateactivists.blog/2025/09/11/w...
Why the UAIPAC Matters for Urban Agriculture Today
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…
foodpolicyforclimateactivists.blog
September 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I attended the first of 3 September meetings of UAIPAC Wednesday. The new chief of #NRCS spoke and was reassured about their continued support of #UrbanAg by the #USDA. For more info about UAIPAC, read my post. foodpolicyforclimateactivists.blog/2025/09/11/w...
If you kept meaning to let the USDA know what you think of their reorganization plan but never got a round tuit, here's one here. #usda
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POLITICO Pro: USDA extends reorganization plan comment period to Sept. 30
The department's proposal to spread workforce to five regional hubs has drawn bipartisan criticism.
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September 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If you kept meaning to let the USDA know what you think of their reorganization plan but never got a round tuit, here's one here. #usda
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The #USDA Urban Agriculture and Innovative Productions Advisory Committee is holding 3 meetings this month for the first time this year--a year's worth of meetings in one month. Show #UrbanAg some love. Attend a meeting. Make a comment, email or oral.
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Urban Agriculture Network - USDA
Urban Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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September 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The #USDA Urban Agriculture and Innovative Productions Advisory Committee is holding 3 meetings this month for the first time this year--a year's worth of meetings in one month. Show #UrbanAg some love. Attend a meeting. Make a comment, email or oral.
sites.google.com/view/urban-a...
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The North Coast Emergency Food System Partnership connects California’s food-system and emergency workers to feed people after devastating fires, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
Disasters Block Local Food Access. One Groundbreaking Group Has a Solution.
The North Coast Emergency Food System Partnership connects emergency and food professionals after fires, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
buff.ly
August 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The North Coast Emergency Food System Partnership connects California’s food-system and emergency workers to feed people after devastating fires, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
Rocky Mount is buzzing with change as the city considers new beekeeping regulations and social districts aimed at enhancing community life!
Click to read more!
#RockyMountNashCounty #NC #CitizenPortal #PublicSafety #CommunityEngagement #RockyMountBeeKeeping #UrbanAgriculture
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#RockyMountNashCounty #NC #CitizenPortal #PublicSafety #CommunityEngagement #RockyMountBeeKeeping #UrbanAgriculture
Rocky Mount City Council Updates Bee Keeping Ordinance for Compliance with State Law
Council proposes amendments to allow beekeeping on various property types and ensure safety.
citizenportal.ai
August 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee advises the Secretary of Agriculture. It is meant to meet 3 times a year, but hasn't met at all this year. Now it's scheduled for 3 meetings in September. I'm registered! #UrbanAg #USDA
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Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee Meeting
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...
www.federalregister.gov
August 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee advises the Secretary of Agriculture. It is meant to meet 3 times a year, but hasn't met at all this year. Now it's scheduled for 3 meetings in September. I'm registered! #UrbanAg #USDA
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Zoom meeting September 17 from 1-2 PM Pacific Time.
We share what we're up to in our respective cities--lost a grant, starting a compost program, arranged for local farmers to meet their Congress member... Join the discussion! Meet urban ag enthusiasts.
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We share what we're up to in our respective cities--lost a grant, starting a compost program, arranged for local farmers to meet their Congress member... Join the discussion! Meet urban ag enthusiasts.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Urban Agriculture Network. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
National Collaboration for Local Impact
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August 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Zoom meeting September 17 from 1-2 PM Pacific Time.
We share what we're up to in our respective cities--lost a grant, starting a compost program, arranged for local farmers to meet their Congress member... Join the discussion! Meet urban ag enthusiasts.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We share what we're up to in our respective cities--lost a grant, starting a compost program, arranged for local farmers to meet their Congress member... Join the discussion! Meet urban ag enthusiasts.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Small urban farms, like small urban markets, depend on a healthy community to thrive. We've got work to do if we want cities with vibrant local food systems! #UrbanAg #Gentrification #AsianHate #ICE #Crime #Healthcare
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
An old-school Chinatown market tried hanging on. Assaults, raids, gentrification proved too much
After 18 years, Chinatown mainstay Yue Wa market announces its closure.
www.latimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Small urban farms, like small urban markets, depend on a healthy community to thrive. We've got work to do if we want cities with vibrant local food systems! #UrbanAg #Gentrification #AsianHate #ICE #Crime #Healthcare
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
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Op-ed: Public Grocery Stores Already Exist and Work Well. We Need More.
Op-ed: Public Grocery Stores Already Exist and Work Well. We Need More.
Government-run, nonprofit grocery systems can better respond to food-price inflation, corporate consolidation, and inequality.
buff.ly
August 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Op-ed: Public Grocery Stores Already Exist and Work Well. We Need More.
Reposted by Urban Agriculture Network
STOP. THE. PRESSES. 🚨 Philly’s own Christa Barfield aka #FarmerJawn is officially a 2025 Woman of Influence! From turning empty lots into thriving farms to proving Black women lead in ag, she’s growing food, justice, and the future. 🌱💪 #WomenOfInfluence #PhillyProud
August 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
STOP. THE. PRESSES. 🚨 Philly’s own Christa Barfield aka #FarmerJawn is officially a 2025 Woman of Influence! From turning empty lots into thriving farms to proving Black women lead in ag, she’s growing food, justice, and the future. 🌱💪 #WomenOfInfluence #PhillyProud
Here's the start of another municipal composting program -- a pilot in Bristol, Rhode Island. #UrbanAg #Composting #ClimateCrisis #ZeroWaste #CircularEconomy #CutMethane
Bristol, Rhode Island making food scrap composting collection happen w @11thhourracing @blackearthcompost and @ericd
Grateful! #composting #blackearthcompost #ericd #11thhourracing #bristol,ri
Grateful! #composting #blackearthcompost #ericd #11thhourracing #bristol,ri
August 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Here's the start of another municipal composting program -- a pilot in Bristol, Rhode Island. #UrbanAg #Composting #ClimateCrisis #ZeroWaste #CircularEconomy #CutMethane
