Urban farms, gardens and other innovative agriculture initiatives are sprouting up across American cities. City Farm, created in 1981, serves as a model for many of these fledgling operations. As a working model of sustainable, hyper-local urban agriculture it demonstrates bio-intensive growing methods. City Farm Steward, Rich Pederson, will walk participants through the urban farm and neighboring community garden in the heart of Providence's Southside, demonstrating possible solutions to current challenges of food security and conventional agricultural. Additionally, he will discuss the technical design of a bio-intensive urban farm and highlight the many interlinked factors that contribute to City Farm’s success.  

Rich Pederson
Southside Community Land Trust
southsideclt.org