We would like to give a special thank you to all the sponsors for the event!

The Urban Farm Tour celebrates the power of urban agriculture and the people that do this important work. 

2023

Urban farmers and gardeners exist at the heart of their communities, providing nutritious food, community building, workforce development, education, and safe spaces to their neighbors. The Pittsburgh Urban Farm Tour began in 2017 as a way to highlight the countless community benefits that urban agriculture brings to Pittsburgh communities. 

The purpose of the Urban Farm Tour is to promote urban agriculture as a viable means for food production and community to connect more local purchasers to these unique and bountiful urban farms, and to support the future of urban farming in Pittsburgh with the Urban Growers Professional Development Scholarship Fund.

The Farm Tour planning committee envisions future farm tours that are co-designed with the urban ag community, increase visibility for urban farms in our region, enhance collaboration and access to shared resources, and are accessible to all community members.

To purchase tickets, visit: http://FarmTour2023.EventBrite.com.

The Farm Tour is a fundraiser with sliding-scale tickets. Please give as generously as you can and choose the ticket option that is best for you.

Participants will start their tour at one of five hubs* around the city. There, you'll pick up your button (which will let farmers know that you're on the tour), tour booklet/map, and any pre-ordered t-shirts (printed locally by Commonwealth Press!).

This is a self-guided tour. The following farms will be open 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM — plan ahead to ensure you can hit as many sites as possible!

Participating sites:

1. Apoidea Apiary

2. Bandi Schaum

3. Choderwood

4. East Commons Community Garden at Allegheny Commons Park

5. Gardens of Millvale

6. Garfield Community Farm

7. Kincaid St Community Garden

8. Peace and Friendship Farm

9. Shiloh Farm

10. Spork Garden

11. Steel City Spore

12. Sunshine Farm

13. The Octopus Garden

14. Tustin Street Garden & Martin Luther King Jr. Garden

2022

The planning committee for the 2022 tour began in October 2021 via Zoom. 11 farms served as stops on the self-guided tour, representing Manchester, Perry South, the Hill District, Garfield, Beltzhoover, Mt. Washington, and Sheraden. The tour raised $4,873 for the Urban Growers Scholarship Fund.

Participating sites:

1. Peace and Friendship Farm

2. Sunny’s Community Garden

3. Garfield Community Farm

4. Spork Garden

5. Ballfield Farm

6. Manchester Food for the Soul Community Garden

7. Freeman Family Farm and Greenhouse

8. Mwanakuche Community Garden

9. Lots of Pride Garden

10. Mt Washington Community Garden

11. Allendale Acres

2021

The July 24th, 2021 tour was wrapped into a week of urban ag events planned to celebrate Pennsylvania’s Urban Ag week. Events included a visit from PA Secretary of Agriculture, Russell Redding, 3 workshops (on the subjects of growing hops, composting, and beekeeping), a virtual tour and community partner highlights, and the open farm tour on Saturday.  

Participating sites:

1. African Healing Garden

2. Braddock Farms

3. BUGS Homewood Historical Community Farm 

4. Farmer Girl Eb

5. Freeman Family Farm & Greenhouse 

6. Hamnett Place Community Garden

7. Hazelwood Community Garden

8. Hilltop Urban Farm

9. Mwanakuche Community Garden

10. Oasis Farm & Fishery

11. Sankofa Village Community Garden

2020

The 2020 Farm Tour was held during the week of July 20th- PA’s Urban Ag week- and included virtual tours of three area farms hosted via Zoom. Each tour included a pre-recorded visit to an area farm and was followed by a live moderated Q&A. Viewers learned about unique urban farms in the Pittsburgh area and had the opportunity to ask questions directly to growers. Each tour also shared highlights from community partners in the urban ag community. An honorarium was awarded to each participating farm and community partner. 

Participating sites:

1. Duquesne Community Victory Garden

2. Mwanakuche Community Garden

3. Sol Patch Farm

4. Soil Sisters

Participating programs:

1. City of Pittsburgh’s Adopt-A-Lot Program

2. Community Garden Sustainability Fund 

3. Hilltop Urban Farm’s Farmer Incubator Program

4. Master Composter Program

2019

The 2019 tour was held on Saturday, September 14th. 

Participating sites:

1. African Healing Garden

2. Ballfield Farm

3. Braddock Farms 

4. BUGS Homewood Historical Community Farm 

5. Burgh Bees Apiary 

6. Community Garden of Wilkins Township 

7. Duquesne Community Victory Garden

8. Homeplate Garden

9. Manchester Growing Together Farm 

10. Sankofa Village Community Garden

11. Shiloh Farm

Tour sponsors: Farm to Table, Lady Moon Farms, Trellis Legal LLC, Grounded Strategie, Underground Printing

2018

The 2018 tour was held on Saturday, September 8th. The East End Food Coop paid an honorarium of $100 to each participating site. Proceeds from the 2018 tour seeded the Urban Growers Professional Development scholarship. This was a ticketed ($15) event, which resulted in a $1389.00 donation to the scholarship fund.

Participating sites:

1. African Healing Garden

2. Ballfield Farm

3. Bandi Shaum

4. Braddock Farms

5. BUGS Homewood Historical Community Farm 

6. Burgh Bees Apiary

7. Centerview Gardens

8. Drew Mathieson Center

9. Garden Dreams Urban Farm & Nursery

10. Garfield Community Farm

11. Hilltop Urban Farm

12. Shiloh Farm

13. Steel City Soils

Tour sponsors: Trellis Legal, Construction Junction, Four Seasons, East End Brewing, Sustainable Pittsburgh, Underground Shirts, Pittsburgh Food Policy Council, and East End Food Coop.

2017

The inaugural Pittsburgh Urban Farm Tour was held on Saturday, September 23rd, 2017. The East End Food Coop, PASA Sustainable Agriculture, and the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council focused the planning of the tour on production agriculture to complement ongoing work with the URA to develop their Farm-A-Lot land access program. All participating farms received a free one-year business membership to PASA. This was a ticketed event. $20 for coop/PASA members, and $30 for non-members. 2017 proceeds benefited PASA. 

Participating sites:

1. Braddock Farms 

2. Drew Mathieson Center

3. Fit Farms

4. Frick Greenhouse

5. Garden Dreams Urban Farm & Nursery

6. Garfield Community Farm

7. Homewood HIstorical Community Farm

8. Hops on Lots

9. Oasis Farm & Fishery

10. Sankofa Village Community Garden

11. Steel City Soils

12. Shiloh Farm