Urban Farming & Its Various Forms in Rome

Parla Food is written by Katie Parla, a travel writer, food historian, and sommelier, based in and around Italy.
Nov. 11, 2010

Excerpt:

For a city that is so blessed with fertile soil, so rife with green spaces, and so proud of its local produce, there are relatively few plots of land dedicated to plant cultivation in town. And, while there are a handful of produce gardens in the city, there isn’t a strong, consolidated movement towards establishing urban gardens for public use. Instead, there are several organizations that have been successful in launching small-scale projects, most of which are aimed at youth education.

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