The Ministry of the Environment has launched an online guide to urban agriculture. The booklet compiles techniques, reading recommendations, initiative mapping, and other resources on urban gardens.
The guide aims to encourage new initiatives and support existing ones, including through an interactive map that showcases inspiring preservation, restoration, and food production projects in cities.
Perfeito Fortuna, administrator of Fundição Progresso since 1999, shared how the urban garden in Rio de Janeiro's Lapa neighborhood came to be. “We were invaded by young people wanting to plant. What we need most is this: water and food. The rest is secondary. So, we started planting flowers and realized we could create a garden with edible plants. We secured a plot of land and started bringing in people to run workshops, like Ernst Gotsch, who taught us to use organic waste from city tree pruning to restore the soil. Today, we have a community volunteer effort to care for the garden and an organic farmers' market every Tuesday.”
The guide was produced by Fundição Progresso and the Ministry of the Environment, with the support of UN Environment, the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CBDES), and the Organicidade collective.
Access here the Small Practical Guide to Urban Agriculture.
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This article was written by Romullo Baratto. The translation is powered by AI.
