Urban Agriculture in the United States: Revitalizing Neighborhoods
Today, urban agriculture is revitalizing this connection between city dwellers and agricultural products.
By Ankitha Gattupalli
Arch Daily
January 16, 2024
Excerpt:
The Ohio City Farm is a successful example of integrated economic and community development approaches through urban farming. The six-acre farm is a collaboration between the local housing authority, a refugee advocacy group, the nearby Great Lakes Brewery, and local community development entities. Formed to solidify Ohio City as a regional food hub, the collaboration has helped develop a cluster of urban farm plots and create the support infrastructure to get local producers selling. It created jobs and trained some of the city’s most vulnerable populations.
By activating vacant lots, rethinking underutilized spaces, and converting existing factories, urban farms contribute to increased local biodiversity. Agrotechnology plays a key role in converting factories and warehouses for commercial indoor farming, reducing transportation costs and associated greenhouse gases.
