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Urban Agriculture
What are we supporting by developing urban agriculture programs?
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Emily TonerUrban Agriculture Educator
Iowa State University
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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I. What is urban agriculture?II. Types of urban agricultureIII. Opportunities for urban farmersIV. Challenges for urban farmersV. Purdue Extension ProgramsVI. Financial trade-offs
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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
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II. Types of urban agricultureCommunity garden
Market farm
Institution-driven farm or garden
Urban homestead
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II. Types of urban agricultureCommunity garden
Fall Creek Gardens, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: fallcreekgardens.org
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II. Types of urban agricultureMarket Farm
Big City Farms, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Big City Farms newsletter
Growing Places, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Emily Toner
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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
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II. Types of urban agricultureUrban Homestead
Residential backyard, Pasadena, CAPhoto credit: EcoWatch.com
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III. Opportunities for urban farmers
Market access
Highly customized system
Multidimensional focus possible
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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
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III. Opportunities for urban farmersHighly customized system
Butler University Center for Urban Ecology Farm, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Butler University Center for Urban Ecology
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III. Opportunities for urban farmersHighly customized system
Purdue Extension – Marion County Demonstration Garden, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Steve Mayer
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III. Opportunities for urban farmersMultidimensional focus possible
Growing Places Indy, Indianapolis, INPhoto credit: Growing Places Indy
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IV. Challenges for urban farmersSoil quality: Contaminants, compaction, subsoil
Water: Access
Policy: Zoning
Learning curve: Beginning farmers, small peer network
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IV. Challenges for urban farmersSoil quality: Contaminants, compaction, subsoil
Water: Access
Udorthents
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IV. Challenges for urban farmersPolicy: Zoning
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IV. Challenges for urban farmersSoil quality: Contaminants, compaction, subsoil
Water: Access
Policy: Zoning
Learning curve: Beginning farmers, small peer network
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V. Purdue Extension programs
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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.
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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.
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A network for beginning urban farmers
program to meet their peers and
access professional development
opportunities.
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Beginning Farmer & Small Farm programs
Tours
Workshops
Field trips Three-day annual conference
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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
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Thanks!
Emily TonerUrban Agriculture Educator