Dr Robert Biel
Address: 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1H 6BT
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Contact Number: 020 7679 5807
Email: r.biel@ucl.ac.uk
The project’s aim is to make a qualitative input into the ‘Transition Towns’ movement, by promoting a radical rethink of the possibilities for urban agriculture (UA) in an innercity context.
The project will do three things:
Mapping: initiate a process of mapping potentially cultivatable land (and more broadly, space, e.g. rooftops) in Brixton, South London.
Growing: promote the actual cultivation of one pilot plot already identified and incorporating a full growing season.
Demonstrating: show communities with potential growing space how they can begin UA, set up food hubs and training partnerships.
Best practice learnt from academic overseas experience will be transferred to London’s local communities. In encouraging the city to feed itself, legacies will include:
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