Protected & controlled environments – from polytunnels to aquaponics, local heat sources andcomposting: urban areas can stimulate creative responses. Affordable, human scale technologies meeting local needs. Because of variations in climate across the UK, many food growing projects rely on protected or assisted growing environments to extend the growing season. These can range from passive […]
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Where urban meets rural, offering greatest potential for agroecological growing at meaningful scales close to urban populations. https://ecologicalland.coop/our-sites . Site at Arlington (purchasing land for smallholdings and linking affordable landworker dwellings to land for viability) Huxhams Cross Farm (multi functional farm: education, healing, food growing, community meals etc) Canalside Community Food (Community Supported Agriculture which
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Regrowing city lungs, diversifying diets, through accessible, beautiful, productive landscaperestoration. Horfield Organic Community Orchard, Bristol Dartington sites National Forest Gardening The Orchard Project
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Farmstarts and Incubator hubs support a new generation of economically resilient urban farmers & growers with work-based training and mentoring. Farmstarts help new entrants to food production learn all the skills they need in a supported environment. Many farmstart sites provide opportunities for others to share their resources and knowledge…and help to incubate further social
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Patchwork Farms connect producers and other parts of a local food system across a number of small and medium sites in one locality (a patchwork of sites) and can often make use of neglected open/green spaces. Working cooperatively with shared branding, infrastructure and marketing, Patchwork farms and gardens are now gaining traction. Sharing experience and
This covers a huge array of projects – allotments, community gardens, city farms – where people learn about & grow seasonal food, nurturing learning wellbeing and resilience. Despite a drastic reduction over the last 50 years, allotments are still perhaps the most familiar type of urban food growing though they are now classified as a