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The example of Foodshare

People have always grown food in cities in times of crisis and food shortage. In the Second World War, for example, “Victory Gardens” were grown in North America and Europe to support the war effort. But even in peacetime, urban agriculture has advantages for rich countries today.

In Toronto, Havana’s success has been an inspiration for Foodshare, an organization which packs and distributes food containers for 4,000 low-income families in Canada’s largest city. Some of the fresh food it grows itself on the roofs and balconies of abandoned industrial sites. The use of compost helps recycle some of the vast quantities of waste that a city produces and can cut down on the need for incinerators and other expensive and sometimes risky forms of waste reduction.

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