Success Stories and Ongoing Brownfields and Land Revitalization Agriculture Projects
- How to start a community supported or urban agriculture project
- Success stories and ongoing Brownfields and Land Revitalization agriculture projects
- Resources & related links from EPA, other federal agencies and non-governmental organizations
- Frequent questions
- Presentations and additional educational materials and resources
- Baltimore, MD: Map of Brownfields and Urban Agriculture-Related Locations
This map was prepared by staff of the Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomsberg School of Public Health as part of a presentation at Brownfields 2011 and builds on their Maryland Food System map - http://mdfoodsystemmap.org/. Brownfields site data used in this map can be found on the website for the State of Maryland Department of the Environment's Land Restoration Program. Exit
- Bellows Falls, VT: Learn about a community cleanup turning a brownfield at the foot of a historic bridge into the Waypoint Visitor’s center that now also hosts the Bellows Falls farmer's market at:
- Denver, CO: Groundwork Denver – Transforming Brownfields and urban farming
- Glens Falls, NY: Farmers Market
- Lawrence, MA: Groundwork Lawrence – Community Gardens and community garden
- Lynchburg, VA: Lynchburg Grows Exit: Historic rose greenhouses assessed and cleaned with the help of the City and State to recreate a community growing center.
- New Britain, CT: Learn about a brownfield and abandoned greenhouses restored to growing and selling healthy local food at:
- Philadelphia, PA: An urban agriculture pioneer on contaminated sites, Mary Seton Corboy tells her tale at: http://www.greensgrow.org/about-us/
- Learn more about Greensgrow Farm on the Greensgrow Farm website.
- Portland, OR: Groundwork Portland – Emerson Street Garden
- Sacramento, CA: A community garden cautionary tale and example of how Brownfields resources create safe growing spaces at:
- Saginaw, MI: Learn about two Brownfield reuses that can improve public health – a health facility and farmers market for healthy food at: Saginaw's Farmer's Market website Exit
- Shelton, CT: Learn about innovative efforts to clean and reuse property safely and creating a farmers market in How Does Your Garden Grow? Brownfields Redevelopment and Local Agriculture (PDF)
- Somerville, MA:
- Allen Street Community Garden website and How Does Your Garden Grow? Brownfields Redevelopment and Local Agriculture (PDF) highlight the process to turn a brownfield into a community garden in Somerville, Massachusetts.
- Groundwork Somerville – School Yard Gardens