Urban Farming
Get farming info from New York State, Cornell University, and New York City gardening and farming resources.
Find Black, Indigenous, and People of Color farming outreach organizations.
Find youth agricultural programs.
New York City & New York State Urban Farming Resources
NYC Urban Agriculture FAQs
Information from the NYC Mayor’s Office of Urban Agriculture
GrowNYC Farmer Assistance
Farmer Assistance provides both aspiring and established Greenmarket farmers with business technical assistance and training.
Operating a Farmers' Market
New York State Department of Agriculture’s guide to starting or operating a farmers’ market.
Selling Products at a Farmers' Market
The purpose of the New York State Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) is to promote local farmers by expanding their sales at farmers’ markets and farm stands, and to foster healthy communities through the consumption of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables.
Cornell University Urban Farming Resources
Cornell Small Farms Program
On-line and Beginning Farmer Training Programs, Newsletter and Resources.
Download the “Urban Guide to Farming In NY” here.
Agriculture and Food Systems
Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Agriculture Program, Farm to School and Agricultural Outreach Programs
Map of CCE Farming Projects in NYC
This map includes the Staten Island Family Farm project.
CCE Sows Seeds to Grow Urban Argriculture
This article includes the CCE Map of Urban Agriculture by Clive Howard.
Cornell Garden Based Learning
Vegetable and other garden training, info and resources.
Cornell Cooperative Extension: Harvest NY
CCE statewide agriculture team charged with increasing agricultural investments, profitability and sustainability. Growing New York’s agricultural and food economy.
High Tunnels
Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Info page about High Tunnels, a type of greenhouse.
Urban Gardening Resources
GrowNYC Publications about NYC Gardening
GrowNYC’s downloadable guides, manuals and fact sheets for NYC gardeners.
NYC Parks Green Thumb Gardening Program
Get info from the largest community gardening program in the nation.
Fordham University Libraries: NYC Gardening and Agriculture
Resources and advice for planting and growing. Curated listing of NYC farms, gardens, on-line resources and books.
Black, Indigenous and People of Color Farming Resources
NYS Supporting Diversity in Agriculture
NYS Diversity and Racial Equity Working Group.
Soul Fire Farm
Resources, guides, video series, and other sources of knowledge on food justice, dismantling racism, and liberation.
Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust
A hybrid model land trust, bringing together community land trust and conservation land trust.
Youth Agriculture Programs
Queens County Farm Museum Education Program
School to farm, adult education and summer field trips.
Red Hook Initiative Youth Farmers Program
The Youth Farmers program is a paid apprenticeship for youth, ages 14-19 years old, living in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
NYC Parks GreenThumb Youth Gardener Program
Opportunities for NYC youth to get involved in city gardening.
City Growers – Cultivating Lifelong Leraners
City Growers harnesses the wonders of nature to increase environmental and food literacy, cultivate curiosity, and provide transformative experiences for urban youth. We use urban agriculture to teach kids about where food comes from and why it matters.
United Community Center Youth Farm
The UCC Youth Farm, started in 2000, is a dynamic 1/2 acre site which produces over 70 varieties of vegetables including cherry tomatoes, okra, long beans, cilantro, swiss chard, and bitter melon.
City Parks Foundation
Training Future Park Stewards – Our environmental education programs help kids experience the fun of science, while learning about their relationship to the natural world and the ways in which they can protect our natural environment.
The Brotherhood Sister Sol Environmental Program
For well over a decade, The Brotherhood-Sister Sol has been actively engaged in the urban gardening & farming movement.
Harlem Grown
In the heart of Harlem, planting fruits and vegetables and growing healthy children and sustainable communities.
The Campaign Against Hunger Farm
TCAH has been a leader in the Urban Farming revolution since 2007. Having started with two backyard plots, TCAH now operates two robust youth-led Urban Argo-Educational Centers which employ nearly 30-at risk teens in our Green Teens Internship Program.