Residents are transforming the empty basements of Sweden's "Million Program" housing into flourishing garden plots in a new initiative by SLU. The project "From Basement to Kitchen" aims to strengthen Sweden's preparedness by increasing local food production while also developing the area.
SLU, the Form/Design Center, and the Botildenborg Foundation are now collaborating to create a new project where residents in Rosengård will grow their own food in unused basement spaces.
— There are underutilized basement spaces in Sweden, particularly in Million Program areas. At the same time, we need to develop new ways to produce food to contribute to self-sufficiency and preparedness, says project leader Nina Vogel at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
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Nina Vogel, Programme Director of SLU Urban Futures and Researcher at SLU affiliated to the Governance and Management theme group at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, SLU Alnarp
E-mail: nina.vogel@slu.se
Phone: +46 727 044 064