In the News

Below you can discover our news archive featuring Grow Pittsburgh’s programs, team members, and community impacts. Thanks to all the regional journalists who cover food security, gardening, and urban agriculture.

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2026

CMU Hienz College | October 2025

Amid federal cuts, leaders tout agricultural innovation grants at Bidwell greenhouse
Pittsburgh City Paper |  July 17, 2025

Sharpsburg Market Garden is a growing opportunity for volunteers
TribLive |  July 15, 2025

Where grocery stores are not around the corner, residents push for community gardens
New Castle News |  July 14, 2025

A community garden’s future is uncertain with development looming
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |  June 24, 2025

Urban farms in some neighborhoods face the prospect of development and an uncertain future
Pittsburgh City Paper |  May 7, 2025

PA Food Heroes: Grow Pittsburgh
PA Eats |  April 4, 2025

Women’s Board helps fight child hunger in Fox Chapel area
TribLive |  March 14, 2025

State Grants $500,0000 to Support Urban Farmers, Increase Availability of Fresh Food in Cities across Pennsylvania
exploreClarioni |  March 11, 2025

Fence project at Natrona Community Garden stives to keep deer at bay
TribLive |  March 7, 2025

2024

Pittsburgh City Council gives preliminary approval to first round Food Justice Fund awards
WESA |  December 5, 2024

Food or Housing? A community garden on public land in Pittsburgh’s North Side has vying interests staking claims
Public Source |  November 4, 2024

NRCS Chief Cosby Visits Pittsburgh
Morning AgClips |  November 4, 2024

Pittsburgh urban farmers get a $900K boost from USDA
WESA |  October 15, 2024

Urban farms in Pittsburgh can feed a hunger, if they’re allowed to grow
City Paper |  October 9, 2024

Editorial:  The return of a long-lost butterfly, and of a nearly forgotten fruit, enriches Pittsburgh
The Post Gazette |  September 23, 2024

Pittsburgh County Fair brings pawpaws, fermented beets and “emotional composting” to the North Side
The Pitt News |  September 18, 2024

Hot for tomatoes and peppers? Meet some farmers behind Pittsburgh’s farm-to-table restaurants
The Post Gazette |  September 8, 2024

Women’s Board fundraiser among most successful in group’s history, raising over $98,000 to benefit area children
TribLive |  September 5, 2024

Shapiro Administration Tours Grow Pittsburgh’s Braddock Farms to Announce $500,000 Investment Creating Economic Opportunities and Increasing Fresh Food Availability in Urban Neighborhoods
PA DCED Newsroom |  July 16, 2024

Heinz Endowments Boosts Environmental and Food Security Efforts with New Grants
Pittsburgh Magazine |  July 10, 2024

Benefits are important, ‘meaningful work’ more so for Gen Z workers
The Keene Sentinel |  June 28, 2024

Blawnox Community Garden marks 1st planting of the season; helpers hope for bountiful harvest
TribLive |  June 4, 2024

From Sungold to Jostaberry, Grow Pittsburgh’s annual plant sale has hard-to-find edibles
The Post Gazette |  May 30, 2024

Staff Editorial: When community programs flourish, we all do
The Duquesne Duke |  April 11, 2024

Harvesting Food Security: The Art of Growing Your Own Food
Comcast Newsmakers |  April 10, 2024

Ready to start gardening? First, get your free test for lead in your soil
Pittsburgh union Progress |  April 4, 2024

Editorial: Farm-a-Lot program puts land, and people, to good work
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |  February 10, 2024

Gardening and growing food a form of liberation for the Black community
TribLive |  February 3, 2024

2023

A Confluence of Heritage and Growth
Public Source | November 13, 2023

Baby llamas to thrash metal beans: ‘Pittsburgh County Fair’ covers a lot of urban farming ground
WESA | September 18, 2023

Six Farms to Visit this Fall from Soegel’s to Triple B
NEXTpittsburgh | September 12, 2023

The local butterfly ambassador behind the effort to bring back the zebra swallowtail butterfly
CBS Pittsburgh | September 11, 2023

Community Spotlight: Grow Pittsburgh
Rivers of Steel | July, 27, 2023

Youngsters help prepare Verona Community Garden for season 
TribLive, April 11, 2023

Warm weather, will garden: Pittsburgh growers talk about planning and planting a green space 
WESA, April 7, 2023

Allegheny Land Trust acquires more than 120 acres as protected green space
NEXT Pittsburgh, February 16, 2023

2022

Advocates call on Pittsburgh to put $10M towards supporting groups serving the hungry
90.5 WESA, October 20, 2022

Grow Pittsburgh continues supporting urban farms with Garden Get Down
Pittsburgh City Paper, September 22, 2022

Inflation is pushing the cost of food to record highs. Could urban agriculture help?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 18, 2022

A Wilkinsburg group is starting a land bank, hoping for better results than Pittsburgh
Public Source, July 18, 2022

Grow Pittsburgh’s urban farms bringing sustainability to local communities
CBS Pittsburgh, June 21, 2022

Ten Years In Turtle Creek Where I Learned About Community-Making
Publicsource.org, May 26, 2022

Despite chilly weather, it’s time to start prepping for summer gardens in Pittsburgh
90.5 WESA, March 29, 2022

Ryan Walsh: Feeding neighbors and relieving stress through gardening
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, March 20, 2022

Pittsburgh breweries team up with well-known local artists to create metal masterpieces 
NEXTpittsburgh, February 9, 2022

35 Pittsburgh environmental groups renew commitment to equity and racial justice
NEXTpittsburgh, January 25, 2022