Welcome, Marisa

1. Background

For the first time in history there are more people living in cities than in rural areas. As we begin to challenge the problems of climate change, peak oil and resource depletion, the issue regarding how urban populations are fed is increasingly important.

Over the last couple of years I have been growing my own vegetables and have realised I could try to encourage local people to do the same and that by starting with Food First and by acting locally we can start to make a differ… Continue

In response to an article I saw on the Guardian online site, I got in contact with Food Up Front, an urban food-growing network that (through a team of volunteer of street reps) encourages and supports people to grow food in whatever space they have available, especially unused space like front gardens, balconies and windowsills.

After making contact with them it transpired that the article was accidentally put on the Kingston website and as an organisation they unfortunately they do not stretc… Continue