COMBATING URBAN DECAY

Combating Urban Decay

Combating Urban Decay

Urban Homesteading can refer to two different things: a form of squatting, or the activity of urban gardening, with the purpose of reducing one's impact on the environment. Having an allotment or vegetable patch has been common among those living in the suburbs for a long time, but it is predominantly in recent times that people have attempted to convert their urban green spaces from the purely ornamental to the hobby-agricultural.

All over the world - from Washington, DC via Pasadena, California to Stavanger, Norway, people have started finding ways of growing their own food in ...