UK Could Grow up to 40% of its Own Fruit and Vegetables by Using Urban Green Spaces

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Takeaways:

  • Studies have shown that if all urban green spaces in Britain were turned to cultivation, it could grow up to eight times its current production of fruit and vegetables.
  • Using a fraction of the nation’s green spaces for communal growing, it could provide people will heathier alternatives, it would help vulnerable people and would reduce carbon emissions.
  • Communal growing could also help people develop news skills to and provide improved habitat for wildlife and pollinators.

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