Monday, April 23, 2012

Antwerp's Urban Agriculture

Hey Guys!
So as you know, a few weeks ago we went to Antwerp for field research. We ended up in a very spacious brownfield transformed into a urban agriculture site. This project is called Biodroom, it has just started up and it's absolutely awesome! We met with one of the main project managers, Fleur Leroy and she gave us some great insights on the future of this project. Basically the main idea is not only to grow your own vegetables but also to gain knowledge on how to take care of your plants and even more important on bringing the neighborhoods together and meeting new people!
I strongly recommend everyone to have a look at their website ( http://www.dna.be/biodroom ) and if you are ever around the area I definitively advise to drop by and see what they are up to!


Here are some photos taken during our visit to the site. 
 
The hand made dome. Such an interesting structure, which came in very handy to protect us from the rain!

Inside the greenhouse

The Biodroom card, for a certain amount of hours working at the site you can get points which you can then use to grow more plants

The plastic bag where you can grow your plants!

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