The Conversation: How urban farmers are learning to grow food without soil or natural light | 2018

An article by Silvio Caputo on The Conversation, about the renewed interest in urban farming. Today’s urban farmers don’t just grow food to eat; they also see urban agriculture as a way of increasing the diversity of plants and animals in the city, bringing people from different backgrounds and age groups together, improving mental and physical health and regenerating derelict neighbourhoods.