Since 2014, South Side Family Farms has been a family-led community farming effort rooted in Columbus’s South Side, founded by Minister Aaron and Antoinette Hopkins after 35 years of living and raising their family in the neighborhood. Its urban gardens grow fresh food for underserved residents while creating places where neighbors learn about growing and caring for their health. The farm’s work is shaped by faith, food justice, and the Hopkinses’ focus on passing agricultural knowledge to younger generations.
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Toledo GROWsFrom a three-acre urban farm in the heart of Toledo, Toledo GROWs helps community members create and sustain gardens across the city and surrounding area. The grassroots organization supports more than 105 school, neighborhood, faith-based and nonprofit gardens with practical guidance, seasonal supplies and learning opportunities. Its farm also anchors hands-on youth education and a local food program that connects Toledoans with fresh produce.TOLEDO, OH
ECO City FarmsECO City Farms is a nonprofit urban teaching and learning farm in Prince George’s County that grows organically produced food while training the next generation of urban farmers. Its farms turn food-scarce neighborhoods into productive community spaces, including a 1.5-acre Edmonston farm and a 3.5-acre Bladensburg site built on former apartment grounds. Alongside affordable produce sales, ECO runs hands-on farmer training, youth education, composting and an incubator for emerging farm businesses.EDMONSTON, MD
Groundwork Market GardenGroundwork Market Garden is a two-acre USDA Certified Organic urban farm on Buffalo’s East Side, growing food in the city since 2015. Co-founders and co-owners Mayda Pozantides and Anders Gunnersen built the farm from vacant lots into a working operation with a farm stand, CSA and wholesale customers. Groundwork pairs intensive, soil-focused farming with community food-access work, including Solidarity Shares and its collaboration with nonprofit Fare Share WNY.BUFFALO, NY
Way Fruit FarmSixth-generation family-owned Way Fruit Farm has been part of Centre County’s agricultural community since 1826, growing from an orchard planted with a wedding gift of 1,000 apple trees in 1872. Today, Jason and Megan Coopey run the Halfmoon Valley farm, whose harvest reaches neighbors through its farm store and café while its seasonal events keep the property a gathering place. The family also operates A Way To Help, a nonprofit supporting local children and families facing small, unexpected hardships.STATE COLLEGE, PA