What is Urban Farming?

Urban farming or gardening is mishmashes of techniques and approaches to growing and raising food in densely populated urban centres. With the very nature of cities, there is not a one-size-fits-all approach, but rather a plethora of solutions and practices that are undertaken by individuals, communities, cooperatives, and businesses alike. A restaurant may grow their own herbs in an indoor garden, a neighbourhood may take over a vacant lot for a raised bed garden, a cooperative may keep bees for honey on the roof, or a family may plan a container garden for the patio. All are examples of urban gardening. Instead of the long-standing practice of trucking in the food to cities, city dwellers are taking matters into their own hands to produce local and sustainable food.