Urban Agriculture in Baltimore, MD
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1 Urban Agriculture in Baltimore, MD Photo of Tha Flower Factory, taken by Neith Little, UMD Extension Neith Little, Urban Agriculture Extension Agent, University of Maryland, Baltimore City Office 1/24/18 Women in Agriculture Wednesday Webinars
2 What is Extension? Land grant universities established in 1859 and 1890 (Morrill Acts 1 and 2) Cooperative Extension System established 1914 (Smith-Lever Act)
3 What is Extension? Mission to make sure everyone in state benefits from the land grant institution Applied research and continuing education in cooperation with local communities Photos by Edwin Remsberg, University of Maryland--AGNR Image Library
4 What is Extension? Program areas: Agriculture and natural resources Ag Agents Master Gardeners Watershed programs Home economics -> Family and consumer sciences Nutrition Personal Finance Youth development (4-H) Some states have others: Leadership and Community Development Photos by Edwin Remsberg, University of Maryland--AGNR Image Library
5 UMD Programs are Equal Access How do we define urban agriculture? Definitions I have read are broad.* Wagstaff and Wortmann (2015) put it most concisely: Urban agriculture is all forms of agricultural production (food and nonfood products) occurring within or around cities. *Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Diekmann et al. 2016, Dimitri et al. 2015, Hendrickson and Porth 2012, Oberholzer et al Photo taken at The Greener Garden by Neith Little, UMD Extension
6 UMD Programs are Equal Access How do we define urban? US Census Bureau: Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas Urbanized areas and urban clusters Both are based on population density and land use (Ratcliffe et a. 2016).
7 UMD Programs are Equal Access How do we define urban? US Census Bureau: Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas Urbanized areas and urban clusters Both are based on population density and land use (Ratcliffe et a. 2016).
8 UMD Programs are Equal Access How do we define urban? US Census Bureau: Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas Urbanized areas and urban clusters Both are based on population density and land use (Ratcliffe et a. 2016). Map source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Urban Area Delineation Program.
9 How do we define urban? Urbanized areas and urban clusters data pass the ground-truth test. *Based on urbanized areas and urban clusters. US Census Bureau, 2010 Census urban and rural classification: nce/ua/urban-rural-2010.html County name %Pop. Urban* %Area Urban* %Pop. Rural %Area Rural Baltimore City Prince George's Anne Arundel Montgomery Howard Baltimore County Harford Calvert Carroll Frederick Cecil St. Mary's Charles Wicomico Washington Allegany Worcester Queen Anne's Talbot Caroline Somerset Dorchester Kent Garrett
10 UMD Programs are Equal Access How do we define urban? At the local level, we may find more fine-grained definitions. For example Baltimore County has helpfully already defined urban for us. Map by Baltimore County Planning Dept: planning/publicationsmaps/mapgallery.html
11 What does urban farming look like? Intensive market gardening or truck farming The Greener Garden, Warren and Lavette Blue (Photos taken by Neith Little) UMD Programs are Equal Access Pictured: Lavette Blue, The Greener Garden
12 What does urban farming look like? Intensive market gardening or truck farming Strength to Love 2 (Photos taken by Neith Little) Pictured: Crystal Foreman from the Farm Alliance of Baltimore, at Strength to Love 2 Pictured: Janice Spells-Bell, Director of Strength to Love 2. Photograph by Neith Little UMD Programs are Equal Access
13 What does urban farming look like? Intensive market gardening or truck farming Boone Street Farm (Photos taken by Neith Little) Pictured: Rich Kolm, co-manager of Boone Street Farm UMD Programs are Equal Access
14 What does urban farming look like? Intensive market gardening or truck farming Real Food Farm (Photos taken by Neith Little) Pictured: Crystal Foreman, Farm Alliance of Baltimore and Aliza Sollins, Real Food Farm UMD Programs are Equal Access
15 What does urban farming look like? Innovative hydroponics, aquaponics, and roof-top production Johns Hopkins University Center for a Liveable Future Food Systems Lab at Cylburn Arboretum (Photos taken by Neith Little) Pictured: Jesse Blom, JHU-CLF Food Systems Lab UMD Programs are Equal Access
16 What does urban farming look like? Innovative hydroponics, aquaponics, and roof-top production Urban Pastoral (Photos taken by Neith Little) Pictured: JJ Reidy, Urban Pastoral UMD Programs are Equal Access
17 UMD Programs are Equal Access What does urban farming look like? A spectrum of business structures University of the District of Columbia s experimental green roof (Photos taken by Neith Little)
18 UMD Programs are Equal Access What does urban farming look like? A spectrum of business structures For-profit businesses Second careers Start-up entrepreneurs Robin-Hood business models Non-profit community farms Food justice Education Community gardens that have a CSA component Real Food Farm, Bryan Alexander and Raven Davis pictured Photo taken by Neith Little
19 What is my role as an Urban Agriculture Extension Educator? Focus on commercial urban agriculture Provide research-based training and technical assistance to people who s goal is to create income and jobs based on agriculture, food, and natural resources UMD Programs are Equal Access Image credits: University of Maryland-- AGNR Image Library
20 UMD Programs are Equal Access Thank you Please fill out teaching evaluation: Neith Little, x123 References: Diekmann L, J Dawson, J Kowalski, B Raison, M Ostrom, R Bennaton, and C Fisk (2016) Preliminary results: Survey of Extension s role in urban agriculture. extension, Community, Local and Regional Food Systems (CLRFS) Community of Practice. Dimitri C, L Oberholzer, and A Pressman (2015) The promises of farming in the city: Introduction to the urban agriculture themed issue. Renew Agr Food Syst 30(1):1-2 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Urban Agriculture Heimlich (1987) Agriculture and urban areas in perspective. USDA Rural Development Publications Collection, Yearbook of Agriculture Oberholtzer L, C Dimitri, and A Pressman (2014) Urban agriculture in the United States: characteristics, challenges, and technical assistance needs. J Extension 52:6 Ratcliffe M, C Burd, K Holder, and A Fields (2016) Defining rural at the U.S. Census Bureau. United States Census Bureau. American community survey and geography brief.
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