What if you want to be an urban farmer, but you don’t have an allotment or even a postage stamp-sized front or back yard to plant?
Well, you can take inspiration from the members of Food Up Front, an urban food-growing non-profit based in Balham, in south London. Even if all you have is a walkway, a window box or a doorstep, they believe, there’s plenty of food you can grow.
Part of what makes Food Up Front an inspired idea is its membership format. When you join, you receive a ‘starter kit’ which includes a container, soil, seeds, a planting guide and details of gatherings where you can meet fellow urban farmers. Other members will actively help you get farming — answering your emails, visit your planting sites and help you find tools, seeds, good sources of compost etc..
Here’s an article about them and other, similar efforts around the UK.
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