Farms in the sky There’s green things sprouting high in the sky in the Joburg inner city. Those things are spinach, basil and lettuce, planted in hydroponic farms on skyscraper rooftops as part of a project called the Urban Agriculture Initiative (UAI). Thirty-three year-old Puseletso Mamogale diligently picks at tiny pots – each containing a […]
Through the work of the Johannesburg Inner City Partnership key stakeholders have been brought together to form the Urban Agriculture Initiative (UAI) in order to address issues of food security, employment, education and skills development in Joburg. The Urban Agriculture Initiative in the press Progress of the Urban Agriculture Initiative On 11 October 2017 the […]
