Black-led urban farms are thriving – until they have to fight for their land

Picking crowder peas at Oakland Avenue Urban Farm in Detroit. Photograph: Courtesy Oakland Avenue Urban Farms

For the last 10 years, residents in the south Baltimore neighborhood of Cherry Hill who struggled to access affordable food had a reliable place to go.

Visitors to the Cherry Hill Urban Community Garden, a 1.5-acre urban farm, would find cheap, fresh vegetables and a strong sense of community.