YEBISU GARDEN FARM (Yebisu Garden Place)
Tokyo, Japan · Operator: NPO法人アーバンファーマーズクラブ × サッポロ不動産開発
Overview
A participatory farm inside Yebisu Garden Place run jointly by the Urban Farmers Club NPO and Sapporo Real Estate — a corporate-partnership case turning a developer's complex into a citizen growing space.
Citizen participation
Run by an NPO and a real-estate firm so that nearby workers and residents take part in growing.
Operating model
The developer provides commercial-complex space and an NPO operates it as a community-building model valuing greening, biodiversity and community.
Impact
Linked commercial-complex branding with participatory urban farming.
Land tenure
Developer provides the commercial-complex site; the NPO operates it (partnership).
Crops
- vegetables
- rice
Scale
200 m² — 恵比寿ガーデンプレイス内の約200㎡の参加型農園。
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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