CONTEXT OF THE RESEARCH
To amplify the voices of farmers and call attention to what can make urban farming profitable and viable, we sought out urban farmers to share their knowledge. The study provides a platform for the perspectives of urban farmers to be organized into a data-based format that policy makers can engage with and take action on.
Through funding from Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), ECO City Farms conducted this study in collaboration with the University of Maryland’s Center for Health Equity between March 2023- June 2026. The project was called Sustaining Urban Farming: Understanding Urban Farmers’ Income and Quality of Life, and sought 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’ direct experience to influence policy makers, inform new urban farmers, and lead the development of new supports for urban food farmers.
DAta from the Study: Learn about the 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
