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- FUI is supported by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation under the National Research Programme NRP 65 "New Urban Quality"
Walkley Micro Allotment Network
Studio Polpo has worked with Transition Crookes/Walkley to develop the micro-allotment network, being piloted in the Walkley area of the city.
This initiative has created a series of small plots for growing fruit, herbs and vegetables out of currently disused …
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The “Private Garden Plot Act” in Russia
In 2003 the Russian President signed into law a further “Private Garden Plot Act” enabling Russian citizens to receive free of charge from the state, plots of land in private inheritable ownership. Sizes of the plots differ by region but …
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Back to Front
Back to Front is a community organization set up to promote food growing in front gardens so that they ‘look good and taste better’.
The scheme was initially inspired by the Bangladeshi people of Leeds who often used their front …
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