Natural Home Magazine Names Top 10 Urban Farms
By Vanessa Richins
Their motto is, “Living Wisely. Living Well.”
Natural Home
Recently, they featured their choices for “America’s Top 10 Urban Farms”.
As the Santa Cruz Sentinel notes, “The Top 10 Urban Farms list is a fun way to recognize urban farms that we believe are doing an exceptional job of building a community where people can learn about food and buy great local produce,” editor in chief Robyn Griggs Lawrence said in a statement.
“It’s a terrific move toward getting people involved in sustainable projects in an urban setting. Plus, these farms often create jobs and revenue for the city by selling the produce to city dwellers and restaurants.”
Santa Cruz’s own Homeless Garden Project was named as number nine on the list. Next year is their 20th year of operation. They use the program to give jobs to homeless people. The organic produce is sold to local markets.
The farms are found throughout the nation, from Santa Cruz to the Brooklyn Rescue Mission Bed-Stuy Farm in Brooklyn, NY.
The winners are :
1. City Farm, Chicago
2. Green Youth Farm, Chicago
3. Earthworks Urban Farms, Detroit
4. Kansas City Community Farm, Kansas City, Kansas
5. Greensgrow Farms, Philadelphia
6. Brooklyn Rescue Mission Bed-Stuy Farm, Brooklyn
7. reVision Urban Farm, Boston
8. Jones Valley Urban Farm, Birmingham, Alabama
9. Homeless Garden Project, Santa Cruz, California
10. Rio Grande Community Farm, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Be sure to read, “America’s Top 10 Urban Farms” for more about each farm and links to their websites.
March 8th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Sounds intriguing – might be a bit tricky to get my hands on it over here in Ireland though
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March 12th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Cheese, the article is on their website…see the link above
Ooooh Ireland – I’m writing about Native Irish Trees and Shrubs for my other site.