City Farms

Vegetables

6 best vegetables for the city farm

City farming is becoming increasingly popular, as more and more people aspire to learn more about it. Urbanites turn to urban agriculture as a...

  • Farming
    August 25, 2016

    Detroit: An Unexpected Urban Farming Treasure

      Nowadays when most people think of Detroit they think of urban decay, bankruptcy, and ruin. And up until recent times those initial thoughts...

  • Farming in the city
    May 10, 2016

    Meet the World’s Top City Farms

    Today, about a fifth of the world’s total is grown in urban areas. This is a significant piece of statistics by all means. The...

  • Urban farming
    May 10, 2016

    Can Urban Farms Feed Enough of Us?

    Fresh food sprouts on high-rise rooftops, schoolyards, once-abandoned buildings and floating barges are a dramatic scene. Gardened spaces indeed have a vibrant, endearing environment...

Houseplants

House plant to improve indoor air quality

8 Houseplants to Improve Indoor Air Quality

A common misconception is that pollution is ‘outside’, that ozone, smog, or haze lingering in the air during those summer days. But the truth...

LTC workforce

A man updating people

An update on the Long term care Workforce Center

…we posted the Long term care Workforce Center article back in October and now we are partnering with Desert Rain to potentially produce food...

Medicinal Herbs

Healthy herbs to grow in your backyard

5 Healthy Herbs That You Can Grow in Your Backyard

Dr. Jenn Dazey, a leading naturopathic physician, says that most of medicine is still based on herbs. Growing healthy herbs is one of the...

News

Long term care Workforce Center

The American Health Care Association teamed up with Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute to create a new Long Term Care workforce center. This resource center was created...

  • Urban farming
    May 10, 2016

    Can Urban Farms Feed Enough of Us?

    Fresh food sprouts on high-rise rooftops, schoolyards, once-abandoned buildings and floating barges are a dramatic scene. Gardened spaces indeed have a vibrant, endearing environment...

Resources

Urban Farming

Urban agriculture becomes more popular in 2017 as new toolkits published

Urban agriculture is a great new practice that’s helping reconnect city communities with healthy food. More and more Americans are promoting urban farming initiatives...

Urban Farming

Container gardening

Container Gardening How-To

Probably one of the most common ways seen in cities to do some urban gardening is container gardens. Makes sense since most densely populated...