To amplify the voices of farmers and call attention to what can make urban farming profitable and viable, we are seeking out urban farmers to share their knowledge. This study is about powering the perspectives of urban farmers into a data-based format that policy makers can engage with and take action on to create the supports necessary to stabilize the local capacity for nutritious food.
Through funding from Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), ECO City Farms is conducting this study in collaboration with the University of Maryland’s Center for Health Equity. The project is called Sustaining Urban Farming: Understanding Urban Farmers’ Income and Quality of Life, and we are seeking to better understand the realities and constraints of urban farming, especially as it relates to farmers’ quality of life, profitability, and sustainability.
Our hope is this will provide an avenue for urban farmers to tell their own stories to influence policy makers, inform new urban farmers, and lead the development of new supports for urban farmers.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under subaward number LNE23-461
