The College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences of the University of the District of Columbia

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

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.

Forest Hills Connection
Sept 25, 2015

Excerpt:

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.

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

Read the complete article here.