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Database research record2022·Australia

Growing Edible Cities and Towns: A Survey of the Victorian Urban Agriculture Sector

Kelly Donati, Nick Rose

Urban Farm DB summary

A 2022 report presents findings from a survey of urban agriculture practitioners in greater Melbourne (including green wedge areas), Bendigo, Ballarat, and Geelong, Australia. It provides baseline data on the composition, activities, market channels, challenges, needs, and aspirations of the urban agriculture sector, and, informed by the survey findings and the academic literature, sets out a roadmap for addressing the sector's key challenges and building on its existing social and environmental commitments.