Urban Farming News

The state of urban farming: It isn't easy being black and green

By Courtney Balestier

10:28 AM on 07/11/2011

theGRIO REPORT - In time for National Black Agriculture Awareness Week, a look at how urban and rural farmers are simultaneously shaping the food landscape...
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Urban 'victory garden' is win-win for seniors with health problems (VIDEO)

By Todd Johnson

8:53 AM on 09/06/2010

theGRIO VIDEO - A group of seniors is learning to create their own diet plan from the ground up...
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Grocery truck caters to underserved market

By theGrio via AP

6:00 PM on 09/03/2009

DETROIT (AP) -- In a U.S. neighborhood served by 26 liquor stores but only one grocery, a community group is peddling fresh fruits and vegetables like ice cream.
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Urban farming may save the hip-hop generation

By John Baiata

6:00 PM on 09/03/2009

Reforming our own health habits should be a simpler and cheaper task than overhauling the nation's health care system.
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Urban farming, a cheaper alternative (video)

By theGrio

9:03 AM on 06/14/2009

Here's something you wouldn't expect to see in the middle of a big city like Washington, D.C.: a working farm that's helping a community discover a growing example of "what works." Susan Ellsworth is working on a master plan - turning an abandoned public school ballfield into an urban farm....
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