7 percent of all farms in the United States had direct sales of agricultural products totaling at least $1,300,000,000, with the highest of such sales coming from farms in metropolitan counties or in adjacent rural counties. (7) It is imperative to ensure that advances in urban agriculture be available as a viable option to help meet the food production needs of the future and to address chronic food and nutrition shortages of communities. 4. Urban agriculture outreach program (a) Grants authorized The Secretary shall establish an urban agriculture outreach program under which the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to support outreach activities for any of the following: (1) Infrastructure, including production and distribution systems, to support urban agriculture. (2) Land acquisition, land conversion, and soil and growing mechanism assistance to support urban agriculture, including in and around brownfields, vacant lots, or other underutilized tracts of land. (3) Education and training to enhance urban agriculture. (4) Technical and financial assistance to farmers, producers, or ranchers in urban areas for— (A) the aggregation of the farmers’, producers’, or ranchers’ products and supplies for purposes of transportation to market