Urban Farm DB

Urban farming in Brazil

9 citizen-driven urban farms recorded in Brazil. Each entry documents who runs it, how the land is held, and where the information came from — nothing is listed without a source.

Vacant lot
2004

Cidades Sem Fome (Cities Without Hunger)

BRSão Paulo, Brazil

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.

Food educationWelfareCommunity+1

cidadessemfome.org+1

Community garden
2017

Belo Horizonte Urban Agriculture & Community Gardens

BRBelo Horizonte, Brazil

Urban agriculture rooted in Belo Horizonte's food security policy, with over three decades of experience; centred on a community-garden program created in 2017, it supports residents' production with seedlings and training.

CommunityWelfareFood education+1

prefeitura.pbh.gov.br+1

Community garden
2006

Hortas Cariocas (Rio de Janeiro)

BRRio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro's urban agriculture program, launched in 2006, establishing agroecological gardens in schools and vacant lots and supporting food security in favelas and vulnerable areas through composting, seedling production and food education.

CommunityWelfareFood education+1

carioca.rio+1

Community garden
2012

Horta das Corujas

BRSão Paulo, Brazil

An experimental community garden created by citizens in Praça das Corujas in western São Paulo. A forerunner of a new movement in which a social-media-born citizen network cultivates public space, it inspired gardens across the city.

CommunityDIYCompost+2

hortadascorujas.wordpress.com+1

Community garden
Interim use2010

São Paulo Hortelões Urbanos (Urban Horticulturists)

BRSão Paulo, Brazil

Urban horticulturists network promoting food autonomy and agroecology. São Paulo's 2020 survey identified 735 agricultural units, 104 urban gardens, and 170 institutional gardens. Gardens on public and private land strengthen community participation and land stewardship.

CommunityFood educationOrganic cycle+1

news.mongabay.com+1

Building interior
2016

Pink Farms

BRSao Paulo, Brazil

One of Latin America's largest indoor vertical farms, growing greens without soil or sunlight in a Sao Paulo warehouse.

Community

verticalfarmdaily.com+1

Vacant lot

São Paulo Urban Agriculture Network

BRSão Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo supports 2,600+ mapped agricultural sites, including 1,000+ school gardens. Provides bio-inputs, machinery, training, and investment support.

CommunityFood educationWelfare+2

unep.org+1

Vacant lot

Curitiba Urban Gardens Program

BRCuritiba, Brazil

Curitiba's urban gardens program produces ~1,600 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables annually. Technology transfer through demonstration gardens and training hubs. Third urban farm demonstration plot opening by end of 2025.

CommunityFood educationOrganic cycle+1

unep.org

Community garden
2021

Curitiba Integrated Urban Food System

BRCuritiba, Brazil

Curitiba's integrated urban food system recognized as a model for Brazil and UNDP urban agriculture initiatives. 2021 designation as mentor city for the Urban Laboratory for Integrated Municipal Food Policies

CommunityFood educationFood loss+1

aiph.org

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