News (Akron Urban Farms)

In 2023 the congressional black caucus in Akron area nominated Kashava Holt (Akron Urban Agriculture) for all the amazing work he's been doing in the underserved community with agriculture, conservation and sustainability.

A spectrum news reporter visited our primary farm site in 2022 to document the progress Akron Urban Agriculture has been making in Akron as a nonprofit organization. This area is located within a food desert where the residents live more than a mile away from a local food source

Our organization received a free truck load of compost at our farm site from summit reworks to help promote sustainable composting. We were randomly selected for this award among all the different businesses, farms and residents who applied.

This was taken at the Akron Cooperative Farms, one of the largest urban farms in Akron, OH. This specific high tunnel was built with my help, and this is also one of the urban farmers in the USDA Akron High Tunnel Initiative program. All the high tunnels in the High Tunnel Initiative program in Akron were supervised by me. The article was done to show so of the efforts I have been making to get the community involved

The local magazine publication heard about the work we are doing with Akron Urban Agriculture do in Akron every year in food desert neighborhoods in Akron. The main goal at the time was to help residents get education about agriculture, conservation and sustainability in urban areas

While attending the University of Akron in 2015 i started a garden to create a place for everyone on campus to access fresh fruits and vegetables. This is a photo of the current layout of the garden site on campus as of now.