Social Architects, Planters of Seeds, Growers of food and minds

Rhode Island

The 2013 season is here!

We would like to thank all the people who support us and community members that have grown with us over the seasons - thank you! We are excited for the 2013 season with great new projects and opening new growing spaces in Warren!

New Urban Farmers are on Facebook - you can see lots of fun photos and be up-to-date on all the NUF happenings. NUF's Facebook Page

New Urban Farmers from Cherry Arnold on Vimeo.

New Urban Farmers work to increase healthy food access and nurture minds in the city of Pawtucket, city of Central Fall, town of Warren and surrounding areas by eliminating barriers to healthy food and empowering low-income individuals, families, and at-risk-youth with education and collaboration. Through a small system of satellite farms within the city - not only can we grow food but we can rebuild our community - Growing minds is our job - what grows from there is limitless! It is our belief that the community that grows together - GROWS together! Please come visit our farm soon and see what we can all do to grow our own food, in our own spaces, all year long.

Enjoy the 3rd Annual Harvest Jubilee in celebration of Food Day!

Please check for updates on our blog and on Facebook. Contact us if you want to get involved in some great projects and help our grassroots group grow.

Thanks for all the support Rhode Island and New England!

Thank you Storage America for the Urban Farm Storage help! Please check out their site!

July 9

"Urban farmers turn city blocks, backyards into new movement"
Collier Reeves has worked long enough in East Durham to know who the real bad guys are. “Squash vine borers, Japanese beetles, tomato fruit borers,” she said. “Harlequin bugs – they’re really pretty, and really big jerks.”

April 26

"Somerville's first urban farm is ready to grow"
About 40 turned out to build raised wooden garden beds and ready soil for planting at Groundwork Somerville's South Street Farm. While separate from a city initiative called "Lets Grow Somerville,"

Jan. 15

"5 Years After Katrina, Teacher Tills Soil of Lower 9th Ward "
For an embattled former New York public school teacher and six young African-American men, a wrecked grocery store here has become a place of second chances.

October 17

"An Empty Lot Becomes a Riverpark Farm in NYC"
Thinking of the necessity of portability for the farm, Kosbau said, "We started with, 'Ok, how much can a person carry?' and we went from there. I think we sat down, and almost immediately thought of milk crates."

August 3

"Finding the Potential in Vacant Lots"
A vacant lot may be a lot of things: an eyesore, a dump, a symbol of American industrial decline. But one thing it is not is vacant.

May 12

"Aquaponics redefines ‘locally grown’ while aiming for profit"
From the exterior it looks like another boarded-up building on Chicago’s South Side. But within the small brick structure are rows of lush basil floating in water, thriving beneath the white glow of low-hanging fluorescent lights. In the corner, hundreds of tilapia swim aimlessly in a large 300-gallon tank.

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