The findings from 4 UK Fringe Farming pilots, in Glasgow, Sheffield, Bristol and London, can be found in this new report from Sustain.
Benefits of farming in the urban fringes are:
- Increased access to regionally-produced, nutritious, culturally-appropriate foods
- Generation of goods and services that support community wealth-building
- Provision of jobs and training in a regional economy
- Access to green space and outdoor learning at the edge of built-up cities
- Support for community development through community-owned resources, events, and volunteering
- Sequestration of carbon through farming approaches that work with natural cycles in effect creating ‘carbon-sinks’ surrounding urban space
- Increased biodiversity through companion planting and integration into agro-forestry
Download the report from Sustain here:
https://www.sustainweb.org/publications/feb22-fringe-farming/
