Tag: urban farming
Youngstown’s growing urban farming culture
YOUNGSTOWN -- The houses in Youngstown's Idora neighborhood, on the city's south side, run the gamut from historical Tudors with well-manicured lawns and multi-car...
Practicing good stewardship with Goodness Grows
GREENFORD, Ohio -- What began as an initiative to create a "community of faith," has grown into a mission that creatively involves non-profits, chruches,...
What’s the dirt on urban soils?
PITTSBURGH -- Penn State Extension of Allegheny County is offering classes on the chemical and the physical properties of urban soils at the Extension...
Urban farmers, welcome to our world
The future of food production will include a "mosaic of different farming systems," as one agronomist recently put it. But the systems still have to be sustainable -- and that means economically sustainable, too.
