Cidades Sem Fome (Cities Without Hunger)
São Paulo, Brazil · Operator: Organização Cidades Sem Fome
Overview
A Brazilian NGO founded in 2004 by Hans Dieter Temp, creating organic gardens on unused land in São Paulo's periphery to generate jobs, improve nutrition, and advance social inclusion.
Citizen participation
Residents in deprived areas learn organic growing in community and school gardens, becoming self-sufficient micro-entrepreneurs; students and families participate at schools.
Operating model
NGO model in which residents sell produce from gardens on activated vacant land, combining social inclusion with economic independence.
Impact
Its 38 school gardens provide healthy food to over 14,500 students and families, and community gardens support the livelihoods of hundreds of people.
Crops
- vegetables
- herbs
Scale
Network of community and school gardens on unused public/private land in São Paulo's periphery; 38 school gardens serving 14,506 students
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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