In Memoriam Uit Je Eigen Stad 2012-2018

Urban Farm DB summary

This Eetbaar Rotterdam retrospective (author Paul de Graaf, published 30 April 2019) on Rotterdam urban farming project Uit Je Eigen Stad (UJES) states that UJES was declared bankrupt on 13 November 2018, bringing a definitive end after 6 years to one of the most notable urban agriculture experiments in Rotterdam. It opened with a festive celebration in September 2012, but the idea's seed dates to 2006, when Bas de Groot's graduation plan at the Warmonderhof school (for a care garden) went unrealized and later grew within the urban-agriculture expertise group Eetbaar Rotterdam. The site was the Marconistrip, designated a 'freezone' by the municipality; financing came from housing corporation Havensteder (investing in buildings, expecting return via rent), high-interest loans from Stichting DOEN and Rabobank, small crowdfunded contributions, and municipal officials' time (under alderwoman Van Huffelen) securing permits. The plan was to build a farm and recoup investments over 10 years, but the article describes this as a difficult effort in which urban-farming ideals clashed with profit-driven activity.

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• 6 years

  operational duration(uit je eigen stad)

  Economics

  region

  Rotterdam, Netherlands

  opened

  September 2012

  closed

  13 November 2018

• 13 november 2018

  bankruptcy date(uit je eigen stad)

  Economics

  region

  Rotterdam, Netherlands

• 2,006 year

  concept origin year(uit je eigen stad)

  Social

  region

  Rotterdam, Netherlands

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