Baltimore Coalition; An Alliance for combined action which sprouted from the heart of Inner City Baltimore, Maryland to instil value into the Mind, Body, and Spirit while promoting Positive Growth and Development in each and every community.

Urban farmer Dominic Nell shows how he empowers Baltimore’s youth to harvest and sell microgreens, but with a twist.

In the kale-filled facility at vertical farm startup Bowery Farming, it’s a piece of proprietary software that makes most of the critical decisions -- like when to harvest and how much to water each plant. But it still takes humans to carry out many tasks around the farm. Katie Morich, 25, loves the work. But as roboticists make gains, will her employer need her forever?

You'll be seeing more and more high tech farms popping up in cities. As the population grows, and we run out of farming land, along with climate change, the future of farming is to bring them into our cities. Creating high tech vertical farms that use aeroponics or hydroponics.

Determined to change South Los Angeles from food desert to food forest, Ron Finley wants his actions to be educational, inspiring, and nutritious. He wants kids to grow up with the option of healthy food, instead of fried, fattening staples. He wants to sweep up and transform his street, his hood, the city of LA and communities everywhere.

As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution that's been implemented around the world.

The next best thing to having your own garden—this is how urban farmers are growing businesses and bringing new life to food deserts.

Appetite For Change is a North Minneapolis nonprofit organization that uses food as a tool to build health, wealth and social change.