City Farming with Jacqui Besgrove and Morag Gamble - Urban Agriculture Month #1

Welcome to this special Urban Agriculture  podcast series celebrating Urban Agriculture Month (Nov 2022). My first guest is Jacqui Besgrove of Pocket City Farms in central Sydney. Back in 2015, they began the transformation of a disused bowling green into a wonderfully thriving community food hub, and they want to contribute to urban farming becoming a normal part of our society and urban fabric.

Local sustainable food production close to where the bulk of our population live - and can connect with and learn from - is integral in securing a healthy future for our communities and our planet. Pocket City Farm is about growing local and organic produce, providing education about food and farming, and creating community connection through being a welcoming place full of fabulous programs.

Links:

• https://www.pocketcityfarms.com.au/
• https://www.pocketcityfarms.com.au/events
• https://www.facebook.com/pocketcityfarms
• https://www.instagram.com/pocketcityfarms/
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/pocket-city-farms

Guest: Jacqui Besgrove

Jacqui Besgrove  is COO at Pocket City Farms and has over 10 years experience working as a permaculture designer as ¼ of Permablitz the Gong!, through her own private consulting practice Earthrise Permaculture and has experience applying permaculture design principles to social enterprise settings with her work at Green Connect. She leads Restorative Ecologies: Permaculture Principles and Practice as part of the UNSW Master of Environmental Management program. She is passionate about urban solutions and promoting permaculture principles and practice within our cities and suburbs to increase resilience and show how much fun radical downshifting can be.

Podcast Host: Morag Gamble
Morag Gamble, founder of Permaculture Education Institute & teacher of permaculture teachers, is a passionate advocate for urban permaculture and has been deeply involved in creating, supporting and networking projects and programs for 30 years on 5 contine

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