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urban-farming

World 5 years ago

Grow your own: Urban farming flourishes in coronavirus lockdowns

Coronavirus lockdowns are pushing more city dwellers to grow fruit and vegetables in their homes, providing a potentially lasting boost to urban farming, architects and food experts said on Tuesday.

City 5 years ago

PREMIUM
Urban farmers withstand floods, pests in Jakarta’s surviving paddy fields

Recent floods had caused not only a delay in the rice planting season but also the abundance of pests in the paddy fields.

City 6 years ago

PREMIUM
South Jakarta's 'orange troops' spread joy with urban farm

On a 500-square-meter plot of land on Jl. Karang Asri IV, the orange troops plant various vegetables, such as bok choy, water pumpkins, long beans, spinach, water spinach and mustard greens.

City 6 years ago

In West Jakarta, landless farmers race against urbanization

Skyrocketing rents for land and the shrinking number of plots available to rent mean life is getting harder for farmers in Semanan, West Jakarta.

City 6 years ago

Slum area in Depok transformed into bonsai garden

A community group in Depok has transformed a slum area into a garden of bonsai trees. Bonsai is the Japanese and Chinese art of cultivating delicate trees and shrubs into miniature ornamental trees.

City 7 years ago

South Jakarta residents turn urban spaces into vegetable gardens

The residents are using both hydroponics and soil to grow their own vegetables.

City 7 years ago

Urban farming groups in South Jakarta harvest 149 kilograms of vegetables

Urban farming groups in South Jakarta have proven that, despite limited garden space and difficulties in finding the proper soil, citizens of the capital can produce their own vegetables.