Edible city

Edible City is the name of a series of projects for the use of urban space to grow food . The food can be of both vegetable and animal origin. Since the cultivation areas are usually very limited, unlike in the countryside, the activities in the context of the Edible City often also include vertical elements such as the use of balconies, walls or roof areas. The lack of space makes it necessary to cultivate the areas multiple times. For example, recreational and landscaping activities are often associated with growing food . Parts of leisure areas such as pedestrian zones, parks and playgrounds are planted with edible plants. The separation of the production and distribution of food is lifted when it is publicly accessible and can be harvested by all users of these areas. In the case of cultivation by the city dwellers themselves, there is no separation between producer and consumer . With the cultivation approaches for the education and inclusion of population groups are hoped. The projects of an edible city therefore often have socio-political and social goals that are linked to food production.

history

In Todmorden 2008, Pam Warhurst and Mary Clear developed the edible City concept for incredible edible . From there, the approach to urban nutrition and togetherness has spread around the world. In 2017, more than 100 groups were networked in the Incredible Edible Network UK. In addition, there are other initiatives, programs and projects around the world that use this title. Toronto has had a city-sponsored program since 2008.

Edible plantings on the city moat in Andernach.

In May 2009, the Essbare Stadt association of the same name was founded in Kassel, Germany . In 2009 the foundations of the municipal project Edible City Andernach were laid . When this project was presented at the International Green Week Berlin in 2014 , press reports made the example known nationwide.

Sign for the Edible City at Green Week 2014

Since then, the number of cities, towns and districts that call themselves edible has grown rapidly. In 2017 there were already over 140 such initiatives on the web (see below Edible Cities in Germany).

concept

The concept of the Edible City in Kassel and Andernach is based on the principles of permaculture .

"The overall project aims (..) primarily to enrich the city with fruit trees (including walnuts, chestnuts and fruit) and to create community gardens and thus to develop a new quality of urban open space use with a relevant effect for the future viability of our city. "

The goals of the association for the edible city in Kassel, founded by residents, include:

• promoting the adaptability of the city and its surrounding area to changing global conditions such as climate change and energy poverty
• promoting diverse local food production
• increasing the local and regional share of self-sufficiency
• the development of areas for sustainable crop production in the city and the immediate vicinity
• the development of usage structures for care, harvest and distribution apart from the usual market economy exploitation
• the teaching of horticultural and product processing culture techniques
• the exchange and cooperation between city administration, educational institutions and city residents or their groups and non-governmental organizations.
• networking to expand the pool of knowledge and skills
• public cultural, educational and participation offers such as B. exhibitions, lectures and workshops that go beyond the direct link to food production and strengthen social cohesion and local culture.

City marketing advertises Andernach as “picking allowed” . The concept of the project initiated by the city includes aspects of urban green space maintenance such as diversity of cultivated plants and agrobiodiversity, creation of new habitats, design of multifunctional green spaces, urban climatic upgrading through greening, economical green space maintenance as well as activation of the citizens for the design of their own city. The term edible city has not yet been defined uniformly in Germany. Many of the projects and initiatives with this name are still under construction. Various activities take place under this name. They range from a few planters and flower beds to gardens and landscaping.

The Toronto example shows that this bandwidth can be part of a larger strategy. In addition to allotments, community gardens, solidarity agriculture, food co-ops and farmers' markets, there are also educational programs for children, recipe collections, meat-free assembly, tips for growing in private gardens and avoiding food waste. In Toronto, the concept is formulated very briefly and aims more at the economic, health and social aspects:

• Support food-friendly neighborhoods
• Make food the centerpiece of a new green economy
• Eliminate hunger in the city
• Connect the city and the surrounding area through food
• Urging federal and local governments to introduce health-centered food laws

Connected but not identical to the issue of 'edible City': urban gardening (urban gardening), urban agriculture , edible landscape, community gardens , citizens gardens , city gardens, allotments , Stadtgüter , roof gardens , vertical gardens, courtyard gardens, tenants' gardens, school gardens , gardening schools, Balcony Gardening , city beekeepers , city nutrition, sustainable / grandchild suitable for urban planning, regional food and nutrition councils. The specialty of the edible city is that all these aspects can be combined in one concept or project: commercial and non-commercial use, public and private areas, communal and individual activities, leisure and professional gardening, city and surrounding area, crops and Aesthetics, Agriculture and Biodiversity.

Edible cities and towns in Germany

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The following is a list of existing initiatives and projects in Germany that call themselves ' edible cities ' or mention this in their concept (without claim to completeness, as of 2019).

• Achern
• Then after
• augsburg
• Balingen
• Bamberg
• Bayreuth
• Berlin: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Kreuzberg, Lichtenberg, Neukölln, Pankow, Zehlendorf
• Bingen am Rhein
• Bitterfeld
• Blieskastel (2016)
• Bonn
• Bark
• Bramsche
• Braunschweig
• Bremen
• Bruchsal
• Boeblingen
• Chemnitz
• Darmstadt
• Dillingen / Saar
• Dinkelsbühl
• Dortmund-Hörde
• Dresden
• Eberswalde
• Ehrenfeld
• Elmshorn
• Erfurt
• gain
• eat
• Frankfurt a. Main
• Freiburg
• Freyung
• Friedrichsthal
• Fuerth
• Gelsenkirchen-Nienhausen
• Geretsried
• Gerolzhofen
• Greifswald
• Groebenzell
• Gunzburg

• Gutersloh

• hair

• Halle forest garden
• Hamburg
• Hamelin
• Hamm

See also

• Guerrilla gardening

Web links

• andernach.de: Edible city
• essbare-stadt.de: Kassel
• essbare-stadt-minden.de, overview: Edible cities
• incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk
• speiseräum.de
• ted.com: Pam Warhurst. Cofounder, Incredible Edible
  • Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes (video, " How we can eat our landscapes ")
• theguardian.com February 8, 2017, George Monbiot : This is how people can truly take back control: from the bottom up

("This is how people can really take back control: from the bottom up")

supporting documents

1. ↑ Incredible Edible Todmorden. Retrieved February 15, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Background - Toronto Food Strategy - Nutrition & Food Access | City of Toronto. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 16, 2017 ; Retrieved February 15, 2017 (Canadian English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Andernach - the edible city | W for knowledge. Retrieved February 9, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Hanno Rauterberg: Edible City: Enjoy it! In: The time . September 7, 2013, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed February 9, 2017]).
5. ↑ Green Week: Unusual to scatter . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed on February 18, 2017]).
6. ↑ Andernach - the edible city | W for knowledge. Retrieved February 15, 2017 . 
7. ↑ concept | Edible city. Retrieved February 10, 2017 . 
8. ^ M / S-VisuCom GmbH: City of Andernach. Retrieved February 17, 2017 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Local Food - Programs for Residents - Environment & Energy | City of Toronto. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 16, 2017 ; Retrieved February 15, 2017 (Canadian English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Alana Wilcox, Christina Palassio (Eds.): The Edible City: Toronto's Food from Farm to Fork . 1st ed. Ed. Coach House, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55245-219-6 , pp. 360 .
11. ↑ Achern should have public gardens . In: News of the Ortenau - Offenburger Tageblatt . ( bo.de [accessed on February 11, 2017]).
12. ^ M / S-VisuCom GmbH: City of Andernach. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
13. ↑ About us / Contact . In: cityfarmaugsburg . September 7, 2011 ( wordpress.com [accessed February 18, 2017]).
14. ↑ Planting the future - regional genius. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 23, 2017 ; accessed on February 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ Food on the doorstep. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Essbare Stadt Bayreuth eV Accessed on February 18, 2017 . 
17. ^ The edible district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. March 8, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017 . 
18. ↑ http: //obstbäume-im-görli.de/
19. ↑ Apple, quince, nut and pear: Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg becomes an "edible district". December 17, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017 . 
20. ↑ Edible District Kreuzberg - Between Reality and Utopia (Bicycle Tour) - Change Week 2016. Accessed on February 18, 2017 . 
21. ↑ NEWS. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
22. ↑ Printed matter - VII-0594 - & # 132; Edible District & # 147; Pankow. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
23. ↑ Inauguration of the public kitchen garden "Edible Zehlendorf" on March 25, 2014 | Zephir gGmbH i. G. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 11, 2017 ; accessed on February 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
24. ↑ CITY GARDENERS. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
25. ^ The edible city of Bingen - Bingen am Rhein. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
26. ↑ Christine Färber: Edible City: "The city is our garden" . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . ( mz-web.de [accessed on February 18, 2017]).
27. ↑ Leader projects of the city of Blieskastel
28. ↑ http://bonnimwandel.de/gartnern-in-bonn/
29. ↑ Start. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 11, 2017 ; accessed on February 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
30. ↑ Citywerk GmbH: City of Bramsche - eatBar for everyone! in Bramsche. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
31. ↑ Edible City: Application for examination has been decided . ( regionalbraunschweig.de [accessed on February 18, 2017]).
32. ^ GiB - Society for integrative employment mbH Bremen. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
33. ↑ Edible City - ÖkoStadt Bremen - Urbanity-Mobility-Economy-Media. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
34. ^ City of Bruchsal: City of Bruchsal - "City green instead of gray". Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
35. ^ Initiative Edible City of Böblingen | For sustainable local development. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
36. ^ Volkmar Zschocke: Event report: Chemnitz - the edible city? | Volkmar Zschocke. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
37. ^ Initiative Edible Darmstadt - A better world can be planted. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
38. ↑ http://urbangarden-darmstadt.de/. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
39. ^ Heike Theobald: Details - Dillingen / Saar. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
40. ^ A regional RE-Skilling project in Hesselberg - Hohenlohe. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
41. ↑ QuerBeet - Harvest Your City, closing event 28.10. Retrieved February 5, 2020 . 
42. ↑ News - GartenNetzwerk Dresden - Another city can be planted! Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
43. ↑ http://stadt-und-land-im-wandel.de/gruppen/gemeinschaftsgarten-brandenburgisches-viertel/
44. ↑ Tim Attenberger and Heribert Rösgen: Edible City: Ehrenfeld to eat . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on February 18, 2017]).
45. ↑ Urban Gardening. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
46. ↑ Urban Gardening. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
47. ↑ The Edible City of Erlangen | Achievement in transition . In: Erlangen im Wandel . April 27, 2015 ( Erlangen-im-wandel.de [accessed February 18, 2017]).
48. ↑ Group: Community Gardens - Transition Town Essen. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
49. ↑ Frankfurter Beete - The blog for all urban gardeners in Frankfurt and the surrounding area. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
50. ↑ Manu: Oct 31, 2016, 8:00 p.m.: The Edible City - regional, organic products for Frankfurt - Citizens AG FRM. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
51. ↑ Edible sewage field . In: Transition Town Freiburg . April 4, 2013 ( ttfreiburg.de [accessed February 18, 2017]).
52. ↑ Stefanie Heindl: "edible city" in two ways . In: Nachrichten - Zeitung - Freyung, Waldkirchen, Grafenau . ( pnp.de [accessed on February 18, 2017]).
53. ^ City of Friedrichsthal | What are we working on Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
54. ↑ Fuerth.de: Internet portal of the city of Fürth - The city becomes edible. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
55. ↑ Administrator: Imprint / Disclaimer. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
56. ^ Administrator: Tauschring WoGe Wolfratshausen Geretsried. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
57. ↑ Edible City - gerolzhofen.de. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
58. ^ Edible city of Greifswald . ( mundraub.org [accessed February 18, 2017]). Edible City of Greifswald ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
59. ↑ Frauke Fassbinder: Edible City of Greifswald. In: Green connects. October 14, 2015, accessed February 18, 2017 . 
60. ↑ Like to eat (Fri) in the garden city . In: https://www.merkur.de/ . May 20, 2015 ( merkur.de [accessed February 18, 2017]).
61. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: The great green box . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on February 18, 2017]).
62. ^ City of Gütersloh - intercultural discussion groups. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
63. ^ Community hair, public relations: "Hair started to bite". In: On the website of the municipality. Parish of Haar, April 4, 2016, accessed October 8, 2017 . 
64. ↑ Edible forest gardens are being created in Halle. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
65. ↑ garden deck. Retrieved February 18, 2017 . 
66. ↑ Make Hamburg edible . In: Green parliamentary group Hamburg . ( gruene-fraktion-hamburg.de [accessed February 18, 2017]). Make Hamburg edible ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
67. ↑ Edible city "picking allowed, instead of entering forbidden" |. Retrieved February 18, 2017 .