Porto Co-Gardens, Portugal
Porto, Portugal · Operator: Porto community organizations
Overview
After 2008 economic crisis, Porto residents cultivated empty land near social housing without ownership. Demonstrates grassroots food security and community resilience.
Citizen participation
Grassroots food production initiative after 2008 economic crisis. Citizens farming on empty land.
Operating model
Urban agriculture response to economic crisis. Social reuse of vacant land.
Impact
Food security during economic hardship, community building, citizen resilience.
Crops
- vegetables
- herbs
- edible plants
Scale
Multiple empty sites near social housing
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
Related cases
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.
cidadessemfome.org+1
Keep Growing Detroit
USDetroit, United States
A Detroit non-profit supporting over 2,000 gardens, working toward a food-sovereign city where residents grow much of the produce they consume by activating vacant lots.
visitdetroit.com+1
New Roots Community Farm
USSan Diego, United States
The IRC turned a 2.3-acre vacant lot in San Diego's City Heights into an urban farm for refugees and immigrants. Opened in 2009, around 70 families grow foods from their homelands while putting down roots in a new country.
sandiego.gov+1
Growing Home
USChicago, United States
Growing Home runs USDA-certified organic urban farms on vacant Chicago lots and offers a 14-week paid job-training program to people with barriers to employment, using agriculture as a vehicle for personal and community renewal.
growinghomeinc.org+1