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Urban and innovative agriculture producers will be able to more easily participate in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs as a result of acreage reporting improvements. These improvements, implemented by USDA’s Farm Service Agency, provide more flexibility for reporting acreage on a smaller scale and identifying innovative planting practices like multi-level planting or vertical farming practices.
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The 2026 Urban Food Systems Symposium will be held September 14-17, 2026 in Kansas City, MO.
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“Equity in the Food System”
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 (new date!)
1-2:30 p.m. ET
During “Equity in the Food System” to November 20 you will hear from a couple Cooperators about their equity-focused work and then will have time for small and large group discussion.
Please register to attend the November 20 Learning Exchange.
The Upward Mobility Initiative team launched the Upward Mobility Data Dashboard.This tool provides comprehensive data for every county and over 480 cities across the United States, empowering community leaders to assess conditions, set priorities, and drive systemic change for upward mobility and racial equity. It allows users to easily visualize their community’s data, compare with peer cities and counties, and access additional resources. Explore the dashboard today and discover how it can help make a difference in your community. Explore the dashboard.
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As consumers, do we care if specialty crops are grown in a controlled environment? Do we care if the process is sustainable? Do we care if crops are locally grown?
Last year we published The 2023 Controlled Environment Agriculture Market – How are we evolving? (We recommend reviewing this article, as it provides background for the 2024 review.) This year we are revisiting some discussion points, plus attempting to tackle the changes we saw in just one short year. And boy did we see changes.
This article continues to focus on the U.S. controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry. But we also look at it from a North American perspective, as we feel like the biggest year-over-year changes come from the fact that the U.S. CEA industry does not operate in a bubble. It is highly influenced by North American growers, as well as vendors, consultants, labor (both blue and white collar), and other centers of influences from around the world, but namely Europe. Read more.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing nearly $9 million in funding to local organizations to provide outreach, education and technical assistance to urban agricultural producers in ten U.S. cities. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is partnering with To Improve Mississippi Economics (T.I.M.E.) to administer an urban farm outreach program offering subawards to community groups that work with producers in cities where FSA has established Urban County Committees. Read more.
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Ohio State University Extension joins in the global recognition of “Urban October,” a campaign led by the United Nations to focus on the opportunities and challenges created by the fast rate of change in cities.
Extension continues to build on local and statewide celebrations in support of Ohio’s diverse metropolitan areas. In 2024, Extension educators developed buttons and stickers to celebrate 4-H programs in Ohio’s largest cities.
A team is exploring ways to further develop activities for “Engaging Youth to Create a Better Urban Future.” Urban October in 2025 will involve youth, campus collaborators, and community partners with a shared interest in healthy urban communities and urban-, suburban-, and rural-relationships.
As part of the university’s Land-Grant mission, OSU Extension engages with all of Ohio’s 88 counties, including the metro areas. For more information about OSU Extension’s Urban October efforts, visit go.osu.edu/urbanoctober.
The annual Stinner Summit will be held November 15 at The Lodge at Hocking College and will focus on healthy Appalachian agroecosystems. Each year, the Stinner Summit gathers farmers, researchers, educators, policy leaders, and organizations from across the state. Learn more and register for the Summit here.
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Which places in America offer children the best chance to rise out of poverty?
The Opportunity Atlas answers this question using anonymous data following millions of Americans from childhood to adulthood. Now you can trace the roots of today's opportunity back to the neighborhoods where people grew up. See where and for whom opportunity has been missing, how it is changing, and use this data to inform local solutions to help more children rise out of poverty. Learn more.
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Since the Industrial Revolution, the U.S. (along with much of the rest of the world) has urbanized. Currently almost 80% of the entire country’s population lives in cities.
However country-wide statistics can mask variations between regions. This graphic maps the share of urban population by state, per latest estimates from the Census Bureau. According to them, an urban area must “encompass at least 2,000 housing units or have a population of at least 5,000 people.” Learn More.
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