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Farmland Access in Urban Settings

Johanna Rosen, Kathy Ruhf and, Bob Wagner (2018)

Summary

Adequate land tenure is essential to the success and expansion of urban agriculture. Despite some unique challenges, commercial farming in urban settings can offer multiple benefits to farmers as well as urban communities. Public and private landowners can be important partners in creative and mutually rewarding transactions to make urban land available for farming. The examples in this article provide inspiration to those who seek to farm in urban settings.