Grown in the city - How much food could we produce in an urban environment?

Speaker: Boglarka 'Zilla' Gulyas from MYHarvest

While it is unlikely that we could meet all our food needs from within our city boundaries, there is a lot to be said for increasing the scale of urban horticulture. In addition to its various social and ecological benefits, new research suggests that growing more fruits and vegetables locally could in fact make a significant contribution to food security. But how much space is there in an urban environment that could be used for food production, and how much of a city’s fruit and vegetable demand could be met from this area? And what crop yields can ordinary people like you and I expect from their garden or allotment plot?

In this talk, Zilla will share previous findings of the Edmondson lab at the University of Sheffield, and tell us about the MYHarvest project and her current research into the role of own-growing in improving household and citywide nutrition and food security in the UK.

This is the second webinar from the SHEFF-Yield series (Sustainable Harvest Empowering Future Food Yield). The team behind the project is from the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures at The University of Sheffield and the project was created as a part of the University-wide Green Impact scheme.

The aim of this project is to create awareness in the Sheffield community about HOW to grow their own food at home and WHY locally grown food is essential for low carbon footprint and its positive impact on the public health and environment. We are doing this by organising a series of webinars, publishing blog articles, healthy sustainable food recipes and useful resources on our webpage.

The webinar is free and open to anyone who would like to learn how to grow food in urban environment in order to become more sustainable. There will be time for questions and discussion in the end of the session.

Please register here on Eventbrite in order to get access to the webinar link which we will send to registered attendees closer to the date.