The team is planning a variety of activities including an FSA series on getting your farm number, regional urban agricultural convenings across Virginia, education and training for urban growers, and more. Find out more information below and stay tuned for dates.

Urban Agriculture Information Sessions

January 29, 11 am - 1 pm: Virginia Urban Agriculture Information Session, Richmond VA
Facilitated by Renee Foster, USDA FSA Urban Agriculture County Executive Director
Hosted by Duron Chavis, Sankofa Community Orchard and Happily Natural

Are you interested in Urban Agriculture in Virginia? By attending this on-farm information session, discover how you can contribute to advancing urban agriculture in your community, and learn how to start your journey as an urban producer with USDA Farm Service Agency as a resource. For more information about the session, please contact: Duron Chavis at duronchavis@gmail.com or Renee Foster at mallenia.foster@usda.gov

Location: The Sankofa Community Orchard, Richmond, VA
Address: 309 Covington Rd., Richmond, VA 23225

National Urban Agriculture Conference

Our Virginia project is part of the National Urban Agriculture Initiative funded by FSA and led by Virginia State University in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension, our Center, and TIME Inc. A National Urban Agriculture Conference will be held August 4-6, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. Visit the conference website for more information. 

Regional Urban Agriculture Convenings

We will host six regional urban agriculture convenings across Virginia to build relationships, increase knowledge, and grow capacity to increase urban agriculture activity from farm-to-table with increased use of FSA and USDA programs/resources

FSA Train the Trainer Program

More information coming soon.