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How Plants Can Help People Grow
(New York Times) Marcus Bridgewater, who posts on TikTok as Garden Marcus, shares tips about caring for one’s plants and oneself.
The Therapeutic Power of Gardening
Can anxious minds find solace working with plants? A therapist and her husband, a garden designer, say yes, Rebecca Mead writes.
Black urban farmers in the U.S. sow seeds to end ‘food apartheid’
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a backyard in the Bronx in the mid-1980s, a vine laden with sweet-smelling and delicious tomatoes came as a revelation to urban gardening guru Karen Washington.
How an Urban Flower Farmer Spends Her Sundays
On a quest for sunlight and soil, Christina Clum approached Brooklyn residents about growing flowers in their yards. It worked.
Loss of bees causes shortage of key food crops, study finds
Apple and cherry production hampered by lack of wild bees, who are suffering from a loss of habitat, toxic pesticides and the climate crisis
Urban Farming Institute – Book Talk with Black Farming Historian
Wednesday August 19, 2020: Join educator, author, and sociologist Monica M. White, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Environmental Justice, Urban…
Navajo Nation Sees Farming Renaissance During Coronavirus Pandemic
The Navajo Nation is having a farming renaissance in the era of COVID-19. More residents are turning to traditional agriculture as they’re under strict travel limits due to the coronavirus.
With river on life support, water debt looms
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District considers a shorter irrigation season
Meet The People Trying To Seed A New Generation Of Black Farmers
Just 1.6 percent of Massachusetts farms are Black owned or operated.
Composting Has Been Scrapped. These New Yorkers Picked Up the Slack.
People like Vivian Lin, who quit her job at an architecture firm to start a composting business, have helped fill the void after the city suspended curbside organic waste collection.
More Farmers Declare Bankruptcy Despite Record Levels of Federal Aid
Coronavirus pandemic adds strain to agricultural economy already reeling from trade fights, commodity glut
In Colombia, ‘climate-smart’ villages show how the future of farming could look
The strategy is combining interesting technologies with agricultural practices.
Enjoy Those Vegetables, but Don’t Forget to Save Some Seeds
After the unprecedented demand for seed last spring, gardeners may want to plan ahead for the next growing season. It’s easier than you think.
Returning to our roots: Black Americans are redefining relationship to the land with gardening, farming
Gardening and farming are booming as Americans who have been stuck inside due to stay-at-home orders venture outside to do some planting and pruning. ProblemSolved, USA TODAY