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Urban Agriculture
What are we supporting by developing urban agriculture programs?
Emily TonerUrban Agriculture Educator
Iowa State University
University of Wisconsin - Madison
I. What is urban agriculture?II. Types of urban agricultureIII. Opportunities for urban farmersIV. Challenges for urban farmersV. Purdue Extension ProgramsVI. Financial trade-offs
I. What is urban agriculture?“The growing, processing and distribution of food crops and animal products
— by and for the local community — within an urban environment.”
University of Missouri Extension
Photo credit: Big City Farms,
Indianapolis, IN
II. Types of urban agricultureCommunity garden
Market farm
Institution-driven farm or garden
Urban homestead
II. Types of urban agricultureCommunity garden
Fall Creek Gardens, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: fallcreekgardens.org
II. Types of urban agricultureMarket Farm
Big City Farms, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Big City Farms newsletter
Growing Places, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Emily Toner
II. Types of urban agricultureInstitution-driven farm or garden
Paramount School of Excellence, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Emily Toner
Eskenazi Hospital Sky Farm, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: EskenaziHealth.edu
II. Types of urban agricultureUrban Homestead
Residential backyard, Pasadena, CAPhoto credit: EcoWatch.com
III. Opportunities for urban farmers
Market access
Highly customized system
Multidimensional focus possible
III. Opportunities for urban farmersMarket access, direct market sales opportunities are abundant and farm-to-table
restaurants are nearby
Broad Ripple Farmers’ Market, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: DoingIndy.com
Bluebeard, Indianapolis, INImage credit: Bluebeard.com
III. Opportunities for urban farmersHighly customized system
Butler University Center for Urban Ecology Farm, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Butler University Center for Urban Ecology
III. Opportunities for urban farmersHighly customized system
Purdue Extension – Marion County Demonstration Garden, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Steve Mayer
III. Opportunities for urban farmersMultidimensional focus possible
Growing Places Indy, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Growing Places Indy
IV. Challenges for urban farmersSoil quality: Contaminants, compaction, subsoil
Water: Access
Policy: Zoning
Learning curve: Beginning farmers, small peer network
IV. Challenges for urban farmersSoil quality: Contaminants, compaction, subsoil
Water: Access
Udorthents
IV. Challenges for urban farmersPolicy: Zoning
IV. Challenges for urban farmersSoil quality: Contaminants, compaction, subsoil
Water: Access
Policy: Zoning
Learning curve: Beginning farmers, small peer network
V. Purdue Extension programs
An intensive training opportunity for
urban agriculture project leaders that
takes the through strategic planning,
site assessment, site design, crop
planning and the basics of organic
vegetable production and harvest.
Mission: IndyGrown supports a
cooperative network of urban farms by
raising awareness of urban farming in
Indianapolis and connecting urban
farmers to one another and to
professional development opportunities.
Vision: IndyGrown’s vision is that
Indianapolis has a vibrant patchwork of
farms that provide an abundance of
healthy produce to citizens.
A network for beginning urban farmers
program to meet their peers and
access professional development
opportunities.
Beginning Farmer & Small Farm programs
Tours
Workshops
Field trips Three-day annual conference
VI. Financial trade-offsLower than traditional agriculture Higher than traditional agriculture
Tool investment Land prep and remediation
Machine labor Hand labor
Acreage Cost and return per acre
Thanks!
Emily TonerUrban Agriculture Educator
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