of authorities wholeheartedly supporting urban food growing for communities. In 2019 Philadelphia Parks & Recreations department began work on a city-wide urban agriculture plan called “Growing from the Root”. The plan, which was released in April 2023, uplifts Philadelphia’s rich history of urban farming and gardening and Confronts the legacy of structural racism and land-based oppression in the city. Additionally, the plan set out a 10-year framework for investing in agriculture and food justice with recommendations to the City and its partners on how to achieve the plan’s goals.