Exploring Urban Agriculture

By: Marco Zunino Natasha Tennant
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  • This podcast is part of a series of episodes from the UCL's Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. Co-hosts Marco Zunino & Natasha Tennant discuss the phenomenon of urban agriculture with guests Professor Robert Biel from the UCL's Development Planning Unit & Billy Styles, lead grower at Stepney City Farm. The podcast explores the phenomenon or urban agriculture including: Alternative models of urban agriculture: the city farm, community gardens, allotments & guerrilla gardening. The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on urban growing. The types of urban spaces that can be used as productive spaces and the opportunities and challenges to doing so. Urban agriculture as providing space for innovation and to enhance diversity. Increased diversity allows for the creation of stronger and more resilient food systems. Lessons that can be learnt from the Global South and how we can move from a globally exploitative model of food production to a more sustainable model based on the city reg...
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  • What is urban agriculture?

    What is urban agriculture?
    Jun 29 2022

    This podcast is part of a series of episodes from the UCL's Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. Co-hosts Marco Zunino & Natasha Tennant discuss the phenomenon of urban agriculture with guests Professor Robert Biel from the UCL's Development Planning Unit & Billy Styles, lead grower at Stepney City Farm.

    The podcast explores the phenomenon or urban agriculture including:

    • Alternative models of urban agriculture: the city farm, community gardens, allotments & guerrilla gardening.
    • The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on urban growing.
    • The types of urban spaces that can be used as productive spaces and the opportunities and challenges to doing so.
    • Urban agriculture as providing space for innovation and to enhance diversity. Increased diversity allows for the creation of stronger and more resilient food systems.
    • Lessons that can be learnt from the Global South and how we can move from a globally exploitative model of food production to a more sustainable model based on the city region.
    • The role that can be played by consumers to enable change.
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    45 mins

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