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Agropolis urban farm launches at FESTA

Agropolis urban farm launches at FESTA

Launching as part of the Festival of Transitional Architecture in Christchurch on Friday 25 October is Agropolis, a scalable productive farm in the heart of the central city.

Set on the previously empty site of 154 High Street, the transitional farm involves composting organic waste from inner city hospitality businesses as well as the ground preparation, sowing and planting, maintenance, harvesting, cooking and distribution of the produce.

The edible landscape is a shared space accessible to all, where citizens support budding students to grow a form of collective enterprise specialising in local food and social goods. It also tests questions about the city’s food resilience, land use and food production and distribution in relation to the planning of the city. Jessica Halliday, FESTA Director, says that ‘FESTA is particularly excited about this collaborative community project because it initiates discussion about an edible urban landscape in the rebuild of Christchurch.’

Agropolis is a collaborative initiative between FESTA, Garden City 2.0, AECOM, A Local Food Project, Juliet Moore, Andreas Wesener (Lincoln University), Liv Worsnop (Plant Gang) and Rosie Brittenden (Christchurch Youth Council). AECOM’s South Island Regional Manager Shaun Hubbard said AECOM was delighted to be working in conjunction with these partners to make Agropolis a reality:

‘We’re donating our technical skills to this grassroots project because we believe greening urban spaces with food production is a critical part of building both resilience and a strengthened sense of community.  The Agropolis urban farm demonstrates how we can reduce waste going to landfill while forming real connections between the city’s hospitality industry and city-dwellers.’

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Agropolis eventually aims to expand into an urban food hub, which would include a mobile kitchen that could be used for ‘garden to plate’ experiences and educational programmes in the community.

Come and join the launch at 154 High St from 4 – 6pm on Friday 25 October.

Events During FESTA

Get-involved: events over the weekend teach skills and introduce ideas about viable and sustainable food production and cater to anyone interested in growing food. There are various workshops on offer, from shed building with earth materials through to learning to make compost.  See http://festa.org.nz/agropolis/ for more details.

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