FARMS IN THE CITY: Transforming Idle Spaces into Micro Farms and Food Gardens
Have you visited Vienna in Austria? Vienna is not only about beautiful churches, centuries-old architecture, famous painters and composers as well as rich cultural and historical heritage for which it is known for. It is also big on greening, organic food production, and ensuring constant supply of quality fruits and vegetables from within the city. AGRICULTURE IN VIENNA Vienna is the national capital of Austria and the biggest of its nine states. The city is 414.6 km2 where 14% is devoted to growing fruits and vegetables of which 13% are grown organically. While it is described as the “ cultural capital of Europe ” and a “ metropolis with unique charm, vibrancy and flair ,” it also supplies 1/3 of the volume of vegetable consumption of the city with a population of 1,931,593 residents at the beginning of 2022. Imagine vegetable and fruit farms in the inner parts of a first world city that has been capturing the first spot in the Global Liveability Index of The Economi