Urban agriculture.

Urban agriculture encompasses crop farming, animal husbandry, aquaculture, forestry, and horticulture activities that take place in suburban and city environments that are far from the traditional rural environs of farms. People usually start urban farms to earn extra income, produce extra food, for recreation, or to promote farming as a healthful community activity. Urban agriculture increases the amount of locally produced fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat to people living in cities and decreases food deserts in (usually poor) neighborhoods that lack supermarkets with affordable food. Urban agriculture can help restore and remediate environments by using conservation-minded methods to raise a variety of crops.