America's Top 10 Urban Farms

Sustainable urban farms provide fresh, local produce to city dwellers and restaurants. Here are some of our favorites.

By Letitia L. Star
March/April 2009
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More than a decade ago, Mary Seton Corboy and her partner, Tom Sereduk, transformed a toxic industrial site into a thriving 1-acre urban farm. Today, Greensgrow Farms is an innovative nonprofit near the heart of downtown Philadelphia—one of many thriving urban farms that produce food and jobs for their communities. Sustainable urban farms provide fresh, local produce to city dwellers and restaurants. Here are some of our favorites. Find farms in your area at Local Harvest.

Midwest

1. City Farm, Chicago

City Farm operates a farm and farm stand directly between Chicago’s low-income Cabrini Green neighborhood and its upper-end Gold Coast.

2. Green Youth Farm, Chicago

Green Youth employs high school students on its organic farms and sells produce at several markets, including at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

3. Earthworks Urban Farms, Detroit

Earthworks provides for the Capuchin Soup Kitchen and also hosts several vegetable markets.

4. Kansas City Community Farm, Kansas City, Kansas

This 2-acre, certified organic farm offers educational programs for urban farmers and much more.

East Coast

5. Greensgrow Farms, Philadelphia

Greensgrow operates a 65-farm community-supported agriculture (CSA) program, plus community and educational programs.

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