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Australia: Horsley Park urban farm to bolster Sydney’s shrinking food bowl

Growing urban sprawl and high rents for agricultural land are putting increased pressure on local farmers, the environment and the health of Sydney’s residents.

By Roxanne Fitzgerald
The Fifth Estate
29 July 2020

Excerpt:

A corridor of park land cutting through Western Sydney’s dense and busy suburbs is set to be developed into a thriving urban farm, bolstering the city’s food bowl that is at risk of disappearing.

The Western Sydney Parkland Trust and Group GSA have partnered to develop a plan for the 254-hectare Horsley Park Precinct; greenhouses, small produce farms, market gardens and orchids all feature.

Best practice environmental land management highlight regenerative farming projects, silviculture, permaculture, improving soil quality and reducing reliance on irrigation.

And as Western Sydney’s population grows and the construction of an airport generates a buzz of activity, planners have high hopes the urban farm will become a hive of “recreational, agricultural and economic” activity.

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