Episode 4: What’s the Future of Urban Agriculture?

Despite an increasing number of farmers growing food in cities urban agriculture wasn’t acknowledged in the farm bill until 2018. Lisa Held, journalist with Civil Eats and former Farm Report host provides the scoop on how the Farm Bill will impact the future of urban ag. Melissa Metrick and Wythe Marschall, co-hosts of HRN’s Fields podcast, give us some perspective on urban land-access challenges and what’s happening on the ground in cities across the country. And, our very own co-host Alita Kelly shares some of the urban agriculture projects she’s been working on in her community. Check out Fields here. For more information on the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovation, visit the USDA website. Learn more about the NYU Urban Farm Lab and the Map N.Y.C. projects that Wythe and Melissa mentioned. Visit Civil Eats to catch the latest food system stories. The Farm Report is hosted by Leigh Ollman and Alita Kelly, produced by Leigh Ollman, Evan Flom and H Conley, and edited by Hannah Beal and H Conley. Audio engineering is by Armen Spendjian and H Conley. Music is by Breakmaster Cylinder and Jangwa Learn more about the National Young Farmers Coalition here and consider becoming a member . Click here to take action on the farm bill and other important policy issues. The Farm Report is Powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Episode 4: What’s the Future of Urban Agriculture? is an episode from The Farm Report by Heritage Radio Network.

This episode is 00:45:30 long.

This episode was published on Feb 14, 2024.

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