Besançon. 48 Hours of Urban Agriculture: Gardening in the City is Possible

To celebrate the 48 Hours of Urban Agriculture, a village of market gardeners and associations was set up on Saturday in Place de l'Europe in Besançon. Visitors were able to purchase vegetable and herb plants. Although they live far from the countryside, city dwellers are not condemned to never gardening.

Residents of Planoise were able to purchase vegetable plants on Saturday, May 17, at Place de l'Europe, as part of the 48 Hours of Urban Agriculture. Photo: Arnaud Castagné

Having a green thumb in the city, cultivating the land when you live in an apartment or residential neighborhood. None of this is an unattainable goal. This is what the inventors of the 48 Hours of Urban Agriculture want to prove. The festival has existed for a decade in France, and for two years now, the AAAAAA (art, food, autonomy, love, bees, trees) association has been mobilizing to...

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