In today's 21st century of technological advancement, society is more in tune with the fact that new cellular devices are capable of opening the front door of your home with just a "press of a touch.” It is this co-dependence on technology that has led to the loss of our connection to the foundation of life: the earth and what it produces. With a staggering global population of 6,881,821,283 and increasing growth according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, we as a society today face problems such as global famine, widespread disease, and a increased global warming due to human production. In a society where more than three-quarters of the population lives in urban areas, compared to only a quarter in rural areas, the result is a loss of association with rural education in the history of our societies. In the article Urban Agriculture And Sustainable Cities, the authors comment: “Large cities, not villages and towns, are becoming our primary habitat. Urban growth is changing the face of the earth and the condition of humanity. In a century, global urban populations have increased from 15 to 50% of the total, which itself has increased from 1.5 to nearly 6 billion” (Deelstra/Girardet). In a world of cultural scientific knowledge and industrialization, making agriculture the ever-growing urban communities is essential and can nourish social consensus, economic and environmental merits that can be abundantly distributed. One of the most popular and recognized urban communities in the world; New York City is an ideal urban community with its massive production of virtually everything manufactured and its population rate. Due to its large population, New York City faces many environmental crises such as water and air pollution...... middle of paper ......ty Region. Hunter College, New York. September 21, 2010. Conference • McMillan, Tracie. “City farmers’ crops go from vacant lots to the market.” New York Times [New York] May 7, 2008. Print• Oswald, Janet “Planning for Urban Agriculture.” Plan Canada 49.2 (2009): 36-38. • Saldivar-Tanaka, Laura and Marianne E. Krasny. “Community Development Culture, Neighborhood Open Space, and Civic Agriculture: The Case of Latin American Community Gardens in New York.” Agriculture and Human Values ​​21.4 (2004): 399-412.• Villarejo, Don. US Hired Farm Workers." Annual Review of Public Health 24.1 (2003): 175-93. Print. • Webb, Nigel L. "Urban Agriculture." Urban Forum 9.1 (1998): 95-107. Print. • Zande, Robin Vande. “The Benefits of a Rooftop Garden and Other Stuff” International Journal of Art Design Education. 25.2 (2006) : 205-16..