D.C.’s Urban Farms Offer Natural Defense Against Air Pollution
How Sustainable Agricultural Practices in the City are Protecting the Environment
By Mya Trujillo
Washington Informer
June 3, 2026
Excerpt:
CAUSE’s Firebird Research Farm, Van Ness Urban Food Hub, East Capitol Urban Farm, Lamond-Riggs Urban Food Hub and P.R. Urban Food Hub are just some of the 236 urban agriculture sites in the District.
Through local growers’ passion for creating access to food while conserving the region’s environmental health, the city inches closer to meeting its Sustainable D.C. 2.0 goal of adding 20 additional acres of land into cultivation for growing food by 2032. Since vegetation slows the heat-dependent reactions that form smog, achieving this goal could help the city mitigate its ozone pollution, which has been a hurdle when tackling air pollution.
Fulfilling this sustainability goal could also help tackle the food insecurity experienced by approximately 22% of the region’s households.
“It’s urgent work,” chef, filmmaker and farmer, Jamaica Kalika, told The Informer. “It’s super necessary, especially in this day and age. You will always need food. [It] is an essential for everybody on this earth.”
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/d-c-s-urban-farms-offer-natural-defense-against-air-pollution/
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