Neighborhood in the news: Growing awareness of UDC’s farmers

Within the University of the District of the Columbia is the only “ag” college in the nation whose sole focus is urban agriculture. Its research is literally bearing fruit – and getting noticed.

Architect's rendering of the CAUSES rooftop garden on Building 44. (Image courtesy of Steve Saari, DOEE) — Architect’s rendering of the CAUSES rooftop garden on Building 44. (Image courtesy of Steve Saari, DOEE)

This month alone, The Washington Post has featured the UDC College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainabiity, and Environmental Studies (CAUSES) in two articles and the Northwest Current wrote about its new rooftop garden.

Check them out:

How researchers are trying to grow an unusual urban crop: Rice (Washington Post)

Can container gardening wipe out urban food deserts? These folks think so. (Washington Post)

Urban agriculture thrives at research farm (Northwest Current, page 16)

StartUp Town interviews Che Axum, the director of CAUSES’ Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education

And don’t forget: CAUSES wants your opinion on its weekly farmers market. You can fill out the survey online or stop by the CAUSES table at the Saturday market for a paper copy. And its Future-Perfect Project exhibit, in partnership with the Goethe Institut, runs through October 9th.

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