This article begins to make the case for increased public policy and private investment on a wide range of approaches to producing food in our urban environments in the face of climate change threats to food security. 

Urban agriculture offices promote local produce in cities, like rooftop farms in New York and San Francisco. Washington D.C.'s Office of Urban Agriculture aims to expand food production, integrate landscapes, and educate communities, aligning with sustainability goals and fostering economic activity.

This article chronicles research conducted to better understand the relation between growing media content, fertilization and irrigation on rooftop crop yields, an area of research with little peer review work.

Smart cities are anything but smart, if they don’t develop the capacity to feed their residents sustainably. Urban agriculture technology consists of a variety of solutions that can help turn cities smart.