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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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
