UK: The man who made a million meals is feeding thousands of Londoners for free
Soner Karagozlu is a city farmer who started in his parents’ garden and went on to create Edible London, which runs urban farms in unlikely London locations
By Ertan Karpazli
My London
Sept 21, 2021
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“Farming has always been in my family,” Soner says. “When my dad originally came to this country, in the Windrush times, he’d have his slippers on his feet and he’d walk around selling fruit and veg out of his wooden cart.
“Edible London was simply a reaction to something I chose to do. It all happened organically. I had just had enough of commercial life – commercial farming, commercial businesses. Always use, use, consume, consume. So I turned to the land.
“I started growing fruit in my parents’ garden, and made the whole garden edible.
“When I ran out of space and things to do, I went out for a walk and came across the Wolves Lane Horticultural Centre in Haringey. I saw a sign asking for volunteers. I gave one day a week to the centre and so many people were just flabbergasted by the impact I made.”
