{"id":5676,"date":"2010-11-18T08:52:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T08:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=5676"},"modified":"2010-11-18T08:52:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T08:52:20","slug":"urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban agriculture in Korea and in English public open spaces and parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n If the above open space was in England it would surely be managed as vacant gark-land<\/a>, for two reasons (1) views of grassland are thought to have public health benefits, because it was once believed that dirty air (rather than dirty water) was the cause of infectious disease (2) because it is believed that any food which is not fenced-in will be harvested by marauding gangs of theiving youths. So England has hectare-upon-hectare of mown-but-scarcely-used urban grass land – and Korea, like Japan and other SE Asian countries, has agriculture which still prospers in urban areas. The photograph does not have the beauty so often seen in agricultural landscapes – but this would surely be achievable. I would not want London’s parks to be any less functional or any less beautiful. But I would like to see producing food and am sure it could be healthier and tastier than shop food which has been over-irrigated, over-fed and over-treated with pesticides. Does anyone know of any good examples ‘beautiful urban food’ to inspire Londons park designers and planners?<\/p>\n

Image courtesy Steph L<\/a><\/p>\n

Video on rooftop farming in New York City NYC:
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