Urban Gardens

Over the summer 20 students participated in the pilot program. UD's Hanley Sustainability Institute provided students with 238 pounds of produce, grown and processed at the campus garden.

Homesteading grew in popularity during the pandemic. Now, some homesteaders in Dayton are continuing to thrive off of their own land.

The Springfield Ohio Urban Plantfolk, or SOUP, just held their fifth Porch Garden Project, offering the community access to an assortment of fresh herbs and produce.

Students at Westbrook Village Elementary School in Trotwood are learning how to grow and harvest leafy greens through science, math and reading lessons. They’re also learning about where food comes from, and how to cook it.

This weekend, you can tour some of Dayton's best and most interesting gardens...

If your garden produces more fruits and vegetables than you can eat, a Dayton non-profit might be able to help. Access to Excess works to save produce from winding up in the dumpster.

Last Saturday Central State University Extension hosted a mushroom growing workshop. The people who attended got to learn how to start up their own personal mushroom farm and how to take care of it.

The Dayton Foodbank revealed its new hydroponic greenhouse on Monday. With the new space, the Foodbank is planning to serve more fresh, locally grown vegetables to residents facing food insecurity in the Miami Valley.

During World War I and World War II, millions of Americans started Victory Gardens. Today, they’re starting COVID gardens.Lisa Helm is the founder of…

After Springfield's Snyder Park Golf Course closed in 2014, a collaboration emerged between local gardening stakeholders. Enthusiasts, along with several…

On a warm spring morning, a group of Burundian refugees gather on a Jefferson Township farm for the first day of planting. They work in pairs, turning the…

Feed Dayton's Urban Farming Program began to form several years ago. It started with some test gardens that began as a way to support a local food…