Let’s grow edible towns & cities together!
If you’re involved in growing, celebrating or connecting people together through food, there’s a place for your event in Urban Agriculture Month.
Hosting your own event is a great way to promote your work and urban agriculture in general, build a community of supporters, form new partnerships and have fun.
To support your event, we offer a range of resources – like our host Q+A below, tips & tricks for great events, promotion 101 and easy-to-edit social media tiles.
Big or small, one-off or series, free or ticketed, in-person or online – how you share your urban agriculture experience is up to you!
Who can host?
Anyone involved in urban agriculture is welcome to host an event! Just as diversity enriches our ecosystems, Urban Agriculture Month celebrates our diverse urban agriculture community.
The scope of Urban Agriculture Month events is deliberately broad - anything that assists in sharing knowledge and skills around the growing, distribution and consumption of food at the community level is welcome. If you are planning an event to promote a business, service or product, we simply ask that your event gives back to the community in some way (e.g. by providing an educational experience).
Examples of Urban Agriculture Month events include:
- Hosting a meal using local produce
- Organising a forum with local (or national) experts
- Holding a workshop (composting, keeping chickens, growing food)
- Organising a local community food swap
- Hosting an online Q&A, interview or workshop
- Lead a community garden fundraising event
- Hosting an open day
- Something else entirely - all ideas are welcome!
Adding an event
To add your Urban Agriculture Month event to our map, you'll first need to create an account (if you've already created an account with us in the past, you can simply sign in.) Having an account means you're able to submit multiple events, edit and update.
As well as the title, a description, the event address and contact/booking information, you'll need a landscape image (you're welcome to use your logo) which will display on our map. We will approve events as they are registered and be in touch if needed.
Check out our guide on how to post an event for more instructions, or contact us.
Resources
We’ve created a series of guides and ready-to-use materials to help you run and promote a great event. You can find all of these on our Host Resources page.
Ticketing
You decide if your event is free, paid, or a fundraiser. You will need to organise transactions for paid events yourself - we suggest using an online platform like Humanitix. For paid events, consider including a sliding scale to keep events accessible to all.
Urban Agriculture Month 2023
Interested to learn more about the movement you’re supporting? Our third national Urban Agriculture Month took place in November 2023 and was our biggest yet! Have a look through the Sustain Urban Agriculture Month Report for 2023 for more. .