École d’été sur l’agriculture urbaine de Montréal – 2026
L’École d’été sur l’agriculture urbaine de Montréal est de retour cette année pour une 15e édition qui se tiendra du 17 au 21 août 2026. L’école d’été est un moment dans l’année pour des...
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Integrating agriculture into European urban landscapes matters: A systematic assessment
Urban agriculture has emerged as a pathway to enhance food security, improve urban resilience, and reduce the environmental impact of food systems. However, its potential across cities remains underexplored. This study offers a systematic...
Growing pains: Successes and barriers in London, Ontario’s urban agriculture strategy
Urban agriculture (UA) is gaining momentum across Canada in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, with growing public interest and municipal responses such as the City of London, Ontario’s 2017 London Urban Agriculture Strategy (LUAS). This paper exa…
Feeding the green gentrification machine: urban agriculture and the barriers to a just ecological transition in Montréal, Québec
As cities embrace urban greening, the impacts of sustainability initiatives are uneven, and research on progressive urban governments highlights barriers to meaningful structural change. This paper examines Montréal under the leadership of Proj…
Deep learning applied to urban agriculture: spatial-temporal changes ofagricultural land in a rapidly urbanizing Southeast Asian city
Rapid urbanization in Southeast Asia has been posing huge impacts on local foodsystems, altering spatial-temporal patterns of urban agriculture, ecosystems and sociallife. Understanding these changes is crucial for cities planning their land us…
Montréal en fruits : Étude de cas de l’alimentation gratuite urbaine de Montréal et son rôle pour les résidents et différents acteurs
Il est important de souligner le rôle multifacette que ces arbres fruitiers publics jouent pour la population, car leurs bénéfices socio-environnementaux sont grandement appréciés par les citoyens et les parties prenantes. Bien que l’étude...
PUBLIC FRUIT TREES: A CASE-STUDY OF MONTREALURBAN FREE FOOD AND ITS ROLE FOR RESIDENTSAND STAKEHOLDERS
Urban fruit trees have recently garnered attention in the literature for their role in edible landscapes. Thus, this study delves into the overlooked world of public fruit trees in Montreal, investigating how they can...
Catalogue on innovative governance practices and recommendations
This catalogue, created as part of the FOODCITYBOOST project, aims to provide a comprehensive guide for integrating urban agriculture (UA) into city and spatial planning, focusing on effective practices for governance and policy. It evaluates a…
Innovation in Urban Agriculture – Catalogue of Current Innovative Urban Agriculture Systems
The catalogue offers a clear, accessible overview of more than 30 innovative urban agriculture approaches transforming how food is grown, distributed, and integrated into the fabric of cities. Designed for urban agriculture enthusiasts, practit…
Pragmatic Prosumption: Searching for Food Prosumers in the Netherlands
This paper explores the concept of prosumption in the world of food. Prosumption is a combination of production and consumption: food prosumers are people who actively produce food for self-consumption. Besides reflecting on sociological concep…
Glanage des fruits urbains : étude exploratoire sur les contaminants dans les fruits urbains montréalais — AU/LAB
Le Laboratoire sur l’agriculture urbaine a publié une étude exploratoire sur les risques sanitaires reliés au glanage de fruits urbains. Réalisé en collaboration avec Les Fruits Défendus et le Laboratoire d’analyses environnementales de l’Insti…
Étude technique et économique sur la production hydroponique de fleurs comestibles
Le rapport expose les résultats de production des différentes variétés pour un cycle de production et les résultats concernant les marges du profit en fonction de plusieurs scénarios pouvant s’appliquer dans des entreprises agricoles urbaines. …
Pathways to transformation: institutionalizing urban agriculture in a Montréal borough
Around the world, cities and their residents are experimenting with innovations for social and ecological sustainability, sowing the seeds of good Anthropocenes. Although such seed initiatives tend to operate at society’s margins, some successf…
Urban food gardening: economic drivers and outcomes. A case study in community and allotment gardens in Rennes, France
A growing body of evidence shows that gardening can be beneficial for multiple determinants of health, including economic situation. While this has been highlighted in the case of economically vulnerable gardeners, particularly in the U.S., les…
Déploiement de projets d’agriculture urbaine dans les quartiers prioritaires sous l’impulsion de l’action publique : une diversité inattendue
Lancé en 2020 par l’Agence nationale pour la rénovation urbaine (ANRU), le dispositif Quartiers fertiles vise à revitaliser les quartiers prioritaires via l’agriculture urbaine. L’objectif de cet article est d’identifier une typologie de projet…
Enhancing Post-Disaster Food Security Through Urban Agriculture in the Context of Climate Change
Results of this research indicate that potential productive land is primarily evenly distributed in the eastern part within the city boundary, accounting for 0.3% to 1.5% of the total area. Vegetable self-sufficient rates for Wellington through…
