Seeking information – Where is food produced within urban Melbourne?

Posted in Research, Seeking by Ferne Edwards on January 15th, 2008

I’m now 2 weeks on in my goal to map where food is produced within urban Melbourne, based at the Victorian Eco-Innovation Laboratory (VEIL), the University of Melbourne. The research is going well - I hadn’t realised how many urban agriculture sites there are! But I’m sure that there are even more out there….!

Does anyone know more specifically about types of fresh, primary food production (ie. not processed) on a scale greater than household production in urban Melbourne (ie. within the Melbourne 2030 urban growth boundary) that is:

• Commercial production / market gardens
• Hydroponics
• Gourmet/ niche food production
• Street edge gardening – ie. nature strips & street trees?

For each of these categories I am interested in:
• Where food is grown (so this can be mapped)
• The food type
• Possible contact details for further information.

Please send any information you have to fedwards @unimelb.edu.au.

Thank you!
Ferne

Ferne Edwards
Sustainable Cities Research Officer
Victorian Eco-Innovation Laboratory (VEIL)
Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society (ACSIS)

Old Arts Building
University of Melbourne 3010
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