Pittsburgh’s summer growing season is weeks away, but Food for the Soul Community Farm in Manchester might not make it to harvest. Founded by Ebony Lunsford-Evans in 2020, Food for the Soul sits on six plots of land, two owned by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, and four city-owned lots, which the farm accesses via the city’s Adopt-A-Lot program. Over the past four years, Lunsford-Evans and others have invested an estimated $30,000 into the farm. In the coming months, city officials must decide whether to renew Food for the Soul’s lease, which expires in July 2025, or clear away the farm in preparation for property developers.
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