Urban Farming Resources

PRI Cold Climate works to build the capacity of our urban farmers. Whether you are working as an urban farmer or simply growing your own fresh foods in your backyard, PRI will continue to provide as much education and resources as possible for urban growers throughout the year.

Online Tools and Other Links

• Gardener's Supply Kitchen Garden Planner
• University of Minnesota Gardening Information
• Soil Testing Lab at the University of Minnesota
• MetroAg
• MetroFarm: The Online Magazine of Metropolitan Agriculture
• BeginningFarmers.org
• Urban Agriculture News
• Growing Power, Inc.
• Godsil’s site for the Milwaukee Renaissance

Recommended Reading

• Start a Farm in the City booklet from NCAT
• The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect & Disease Control edited by Barbara W. Ellis & Fern Marshall Bradley
• The Soul of Soil by Grace Gershuny & Joe Smillie
• Food Not Lawns by H. Flores
• Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway
• How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons – biointensive growing
• Urban Agriculture: Food, Jobs and Sustainable Cities by Joe Nasr
• Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States:
  Farming from the City Center to the Urban Fringe by the Community Food Security Coalition - focused on how urban ag can respond to food insecurity