How We Got Growing

Our History

Our budding business started in 2014, and Up Top Acres quickly grew into a national leader in rooftop farming and urban agriculture. We specialize in working with building owners and managers to best incorporate agriculture on to their property. We’re rooted in DC and have experience working closely with local government, commercial real estate companies, and nonprofits.

Up Top Acres is building greener cities, empowered communities, and sustainable food systems.

how we do it

  • Manage 40+ farms and gardens across the East Coast

  • Provide consulting services for agriculture projects worldwide

  • Share our vision at real estate, sustainability, and food systems conferences

  • Donate thousands of pounds of produce annually to combat food insecurity

  • Transform acreage (4 acres and counting!) of unused urban space into productive farms

  • Host events, tours, and workshops in our gardens

Who We Serve

What we bring
to the table

Up Top Acres partners with real estate decision makers to design, maintain and activate urban farms and gardens. We work:

  • Across real estate sectors, including office, residential and commercial

  • With developers to incorporate gardens into new buildings,

  • With key decision makers to complete projects across an entire portfolio, and

  • With property managers for individual projects, and for day to day operations of farms and gardens

At the root of everything we do

Our Core Values

Meet the Team

  • Farmers: With 20+ years in farms of all shapes and sizes, from 40 acres production farms to half acre demonstration gardens

  • Urban Farm Installers: Over 10 years of experience building urban farms in a variety of settings, from ground level to commercial rooftops

  • Event Planners + Farm Educators: We’re passionate about activating our farms and gardens, and have hosted hundreds of farm-based events of every type; school groups, corporate events, farm conferences, etc

Where We Farm

Our farms & gardens can be found all along the East coast. While founded in Washington, D.C., we support growing operations all across the U.S.

In the News

We’re excited about the work we’re doing, and always honored to see it featured.

Featured in Vegetables Unleashed, by Chef Jose Andres

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Proud Partners

These companies have joined us in our goal to make agriculture a fixture of city life, bringing life, food and beauty to underused spaces.