Our Story
From Urban Kampungs to Culinary Hubs
Urban kampungs possess extraordinary potential. With the variety of edible plants, unique skills, and strong social capital, these spaces can be leveraged as vital assets to foster resilience among urban communities.
Harta Kampung Kota Kita was founded to address the critical disconnection between urban communities and their food sources.
Our mission is to build a thriving network of neighborhood kitchen yards and food initiatives that reconnect urban life with its ecological and cultural roots.
Harta Kampung Kota Kita have engaged urban communities through our frame work: Resource Mapping (100-200 edible species identified), Knowledge & Capacity Building, Product Development, and Partnership Model.
Our journey began in 2017 with a powerful question posed to the Pondok Jaya community: “If a crisis occurs and money is no longer valuable, what will we cook and eat?” This simple prompt sparked years of action research, revealing a wealth of neglected resources in urban villages—from edible plants to traditional culinary skills.
We dedicated ourselves to mapping over 100-200 local edible plant species, forming the foundation of our proven four-step model. This model empowers communities by providing the knowledge and skills needed to identify, care for, and utilize these resources.
Today, this work has evolved into a social enterprise built on a co-op principle approach, working closely with urban communities. Through this, we continue to rebuild the food resilience of urban communities, proving that a sustainable, green future is within reach and rooted in the wisdom of our own kitchen yards.
We believe that by celebrating what we have, we can create a resilient and prosperous community for everyone.