Bangkok City Farm

Creation of new green areas, Maintenance and management of urban nature, Knowledge creation and awareness raising

1. Increase food security in the urban area - Increase people’s ability to produce their own food, and become self-reliant. - Encourage people to grow their own food and start agricultural activities on small- to medium-sized urban spaces. 2. Increase food safety in urban area - Increase area that can produce safe food for the city. - Support different types of agricultural activities. 3. Promote urban farming policy and increase accessibility to high quality food for everyone along with the development of locals' economic and social interactions. - Share and promote knowledge about sustainable and organic farming practices. - Create a farming network and encourage social interaction between people in the community. 4. Increase urban green area and promote urban biodiversity. 5. Support vulnerable groups, especially low income groups. 6. Improve people's connection to nature that supports their physical and mental health. (Ref.1,2,3,4)

There are three main types of agricultural activities of the Bangkok City Farm project: 1. Subsistence-oriented urban farming practices - Creating community garden as edible social space and as self-sufficiency economic practice among community members and workers. 2. Leisure and recreation-oriented - Creating community and institutional gardens as healthy and enjoyable learning space. They can also act as new playground for kids. 3. Market oriented practice - Promoting alternative market and create space for product exchange. All implementation activities are listed below. 1. Establishment of 9 learning centres throughout Bangkok and the provision of 20 agricultural learning programs. 2. Provision of financial support for people, community and any institutions that wish to start their own urban farming project. 3. Promotion of ‘land sharing’ concept and maximise the usage of urban area. This includes the encouragement of people in the same community or within the same institution to share a plot of land or area and grow vegetables together. The project also connects people who wish to share their land with people who interested in farming but lack of land. This led to the establishment of school gardens, hospital gardens, roof gardens on office building and farming in abandoned area. 4. Introduction of other benefits that the garden can offer such as healing garden and vegetable garden for kids. 5. Establishment of the City Farm Market which is a space for food distribution and farmer network. People within Bangkok City Farm network and other organic farming networks can sell and distribute their product directly to customers. 6. Organisation of various activities and events throughout the year for people to exchange knowledge and experience relating to urban farming. teach or discuss includes how to prepare the soil and grow vegetables, how to make organic fertiliser and food waste management. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the project also started supporting vulnerable communities. There are several actions being taken. 1. As there are a lot of abandon areas scattered around the city, the project aimed to turn those areas into urban farms. In the first phase they targeted on 19 communities, especially in informal settlements. 2. These urban farms were expected to produce food for 40-60 people per month. 3. Farming workshops were organized for 49 communities. (Ref. 1,2,3,4)

• Citizens or community groups
• Marginalized groups: Elderly people, Socio-economically disadvantaged populations (e.g. low-income households, unemployed)
• Food producers and cultivators (i.e. farmers, gardeners)