Grown in the city - How much food could we produce in an urban environment?

Speaker: Boglarka 'Zilla' Gulyas from MYHarvest
Date: Wednesday 20 January 2021, 6pm

You can watch the webinar recording below

While it is unlikely that we could meet all our food needs from within our city boundaries, there is a lot to be said for increasing the scale of urban horticulture. In addition to its various social and ecological benefits, new research suggests that growing more fruits and vegetables locally could in fact make a significant contribution to food security. But how much space is there in an urban environment that could be used for food production, and how much of a city’s fruit and vegetable demand could be met from this area? And what crop yields can ordinary people like you and I expect from their garden or allotment plot?

In this talk, Zilla will share previous findings of the Edmondson lab at the University of Sheffield, and tell us about the MYHarvest project and her current research into the role of own-growing in improving household and citywide nutrition and food security in the UK.