A post-pandemic surge in federal support gave urban agriculture a moment in the sun. Under the revamped USDA, the outlook is clouded.


The Urban Farming Comedown

California just got its first new farm bureau in 40 years, in its smallest and most population-dense county. It’s not totally clear why.

California’s Most Urban County Lands a Farm Bureau

In contrast to its old-fashioned reputation, today’s FFA members utilize cutting-edge technologies to address agriculture’s most pressing challenges. 

Future Farmers of America: More Than Cows, Sows, and Plows

Pollinator advocates are vocal about the urgent need to restore our native bee populations — just don’t make them honeybees. 

The Right Bees

The story of Othello, former bovine resident of the Central Park Zoo, alone among the polar bears and the alpacas.

The Loneliest Cow in Manhattan

Investors went wild for the utopian promise of tech-driven vertical farming. Now the industry is on the brink of collapse — can it survive by following in traditional agriculture’s footsteps?

Indoor Agriculture Faces a Reckoning

Indoor agriculture doesn’t get more local than small vertical farms right where people live and work. But the future of these farms is more closely tied to conventional urban farming than the wider vertical farming industry.

Planting Tiny Indoor Farms In Strip Malls and Office Parks

New research finds that the CO₂ pumping out of building exhaust vents could help give rooftop produce outputs a boost.

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