Irmak Turan

Cities offer a focus for conservation since urban habitats can harbour a tremendous number of rare, endangered and specialised plant and animal species (Baldock et al., 2019, Ives et al., 2016, Planchuelo, von der Lippe, & Kowarik, 2019). At the same time, cities are places where people live, work, and spend their leisure time, with dog walking as a popular and frequent leisure activity in urban settings (Iojă et al., 2011, Weston et al., 2014, Wood et al., 2017).

How do we measure and communicate the value of urban agriculture? That was the underlying question throughout “Gardener on the Roof: Examining Urban Farming” last Saturday at Union Docs in Williamsburg.