Policy Brief: The Time Is Ripe to Support Urban Agriculture

As Congress reconvenes, a coalition of advocates have published a policy brief calling on representatives to provide more support for urban agriculture through a new iteration of the Farm Bill, which has been in a state of limbo since expiring in September 2023. First established by the Farm Bill’s passage in 2018, the office wasn’t funded until 2020 and, even then, the funding was at only 20% of its authorized level. By providing more support, the nation could reap even more of urban agriculture’s undeniable social and economic benefits, the brief’s authors said. Read more.

From Hagan Capnerhurst (Michigan Food and Farming Systems), Hannah Quigley (National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition), and Jason K. Hawes (U of Wyoming)