Dodo farming urban vegetable gardens in Helsinki

Journal title TERRITORIO
Author/s Vilia Larjosto, Paivi Raivio
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2012/60
Language Italian Pages 5 P. 44-48 File size 349 KB
DOI 10.3280/TR2012-060008
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Dodo is a Finnish Ngo which works for the environment and has been interested in urban agriculture since 2009. Since then, the practice of urban agriculture has become widespread and has become an integral part of the city landscape in Helsinki, as it has in the whole world. Dodo works as a catalyst for selfmanaged ‘urban farm’ projects and urban gardens, encouraging citizens to reclaim areas in their neighbourhoods and in abandoned areas of the city. The initiatives carried forward so far have generated greater community cohesion and triggered the birth of new systems of local and biological production. In Scandinavia, where the growing season is very short, the climate represents the most interesting challenge, but so far it has discouraged neither the experts nor the beginners. This paper recounts the origin and the spread of this movement through a reading of three examples in the city of Helsinki.

Keywords: Helsinki; urban agriculture; urban allotment

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Vilia Larjosto, Paivi Raivio, Dodo farming urban vegetable gardens in Helsinki in "TERRITORIO" 60/2012, pp 44-48, DOI: 10.3280/TR2012-060008