Rooftop urban farming in Denmark
BYBØNDER. »Vi bliver mere og mere stressede, og vi dør af luftforurening. Jeg fatter simpelthen ikke, hvorfor vi partout skal have et højere tempo ind i byen«, siger den urbane landmand Anders Christoffer Andersen. – Foto: Mathias Christensen.
An urban farming initiative in Nørrebro
By Afton Halloran
Urban Agriculture Denmark
May 5, 2011
Excerpt:
The efforts of the unsung heros of the decentralized urban agriculture movement in Copenhagen are now starting to be recognized outside of their usual circles. For example, on April 29th, 2011 Politiken published a feature article on DYRK, an urban farming initiative in Nørrebro, titled “Urbane landmænd planter grønne chok i København”
Located on the roof of Blågård School DYRK has made a 250 square meter garden. And the group also has a variety of mobile raised beds that associations, institutions, cafes and cultural centers in the area can borrow.
This project has received 75,000 DKK from Nørrebro Local Committee to assist their project.
See Urban Agriculture Denmark blog here.
See the article in Danish about the roof of Blågård School here.
1 comment
Nice to see that this type of initiative is getting recognition and funding. Denmark seem to promotes so many worthless and self promoting projects that it is nice to see one that is actually beneficial and should be expanded.
Especially in an area of Copenhagen, which has been plagued with violence and lots of problems over the past years.
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