Agreement Number
NR181535XXXXG001
Awardee Name
University of Rhode Island-Plant Scinece
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Enhancing the Sustainability and Productivity of Urban Agriculture through an Urban adapted High Tunnel Production System
Awardee State/Territory
Rhode Island
Involved States/territories
Rhode Island
Award Year
2018
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$74,951.00
Production/Use
Urban farming and green spaces
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Soil Health
Conservation Practice(s)
High Tunnel System
Project Background
This collaboration between the University of Rhode Island and the state’s largest urban agriculture service provider and producer, the Southside Community Land Trust in Providence, RI, will develop an affordable, urban-adapted protected production system consisting of a scale-appropriate high tunnel that can be farmer-constructed, a cap-and-fill system for mitigating soil contamination, and multifunctional habitat strips/swales for infiltrating stormwater runoff from the tunnel.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No