Urban farming in Indonesia addresses food needs and climate crisis

Mongabay
Aug 24, 2022, 1:33 pm167 pts
MEDAN, Indonesia — Food plants intermingle on the second-floor rooftop of a house in Medan, the biggest city on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. They were planted by Sakiah Nasution, who took up urban farming about a year ago amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In her open-air garden, measuring 2 by 3 meters (7 by…

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