Thai City Farm (Suan Phak Khon Mueang)
Bangkok, Thailand · Operator: Sustainable Agriculture Foundation (Thailand), supported by ThaiHealth
Overview
A citizen urban-agriculture network overseeing 450+ community gardens centred on Bangkok. During COVID-19 it converted wasteland into food sources, launching 210 new gardens starting with 30 high-risk communities across six provinces.
Citizen participation
An urban-gardening movement started in 2010 by the Sustainable Agriculture Foundation (Thailand) with ThaiHealth support. Residents of slum and low-income communities turn wasteland into gardens, learning growing skills from mentors to build self-reliance.
Operating model
A non-profit network backed by public health funds and foundations. It operates through use of urban idle land, training and a City Farm Market, combining self-consumption and sale of harvests.
Impact
Strengthened food security and resilience for the urban poor and slum dwellers, becoming a central driver of citizen-participatory urban agriculture in Thailand.
Land tenure
Urban idle, public and shared land used by communities under agreement.
Crops
- vegetables
- herbs
Scale
Network overseeing 450+ community projects; 210 launched during COVID-19
Sources（3）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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