The upward trend of the real estate market trend in the country have been leading to urban space being evicted from the cities. In the recent article, survey says that millennials love urban gardening and farming. However, with the urban farms being endangered, there is a possibility for urban farmers having to drive outside cities just to be able to farm, which is not practical at all.
The Great Recession made the landowners in the cities offer their lands and plots for free for urban gardeners. According to Denver Post, although there are no estimates made on urban farms across the US, their popularity was seen to soar in the last seven or eight years.
In fact, a lot of residents started their urban farms as community projects.
But with the influx of residents moving back to the cities to live, real estate moguls have been turning these farms into businesses that would offer to paying residents. And so, urban farming is threatened to thrive in the cities anymore.
"Developers will call and say, 'We have a piece of land. Can you pretty it up for two years? As available land gets squeezed and prices go through the roof, like in Denver, it's nearly impossible to find land and stay there, “ Lisa Rogers, Feed Denver organizer, tells Denver Post.
"You have to plant as if you're going to be there 10 years, even if you know it probably won't work that way," said Clark, a co-founder of Big Muddy Farm, to ABC News. She added, "It stinks to put in the time in an investment that doesn't last."
Millennials may have a love for urban gardening, but considering that their plots are being evicted from the cities, they would have to find a piece of land outside these cities where they can farm. And, that will not be as attractive and as practical as it is compared to having them in the cities.
Have you tried urban farming or gardening? What do you think of the problem that is being faced by urban farmers right now?
