Summary 33 Cities of Fruit & Honey â Report of a theme investigation Marleen van der Kolk, advice & projects InnovationNetwork report no. 11.2.269, Utrecht, June 2011 Food security is one of the most urgent challenges currently facing the world. Food production will have to increase dramatically if the needs of an estimated nine billion people are to be met by 2050. Cities are taking a more central role in trying to solve the food problem: throughout the world, within Europe and in the Netherlands. The eating habits of city-dwellers and the physical, social and economic impact this is having on the city is becoming an increasingly important social issue. This does not only involve the production and consumption of food, but also the revitalization of inner city areas, biodiversity, social cohesion, recreation, education, care, health and even the empowerment of vulnerable members of society. We are currently witnessing a cautious countertrend among citydwellers to join forces with other members of the community and produce food in their own neighbourhood or district, to grow fruit and harvest it together. Allotments, neighbourhood vegetable patches, communal orchards and urban farming have become very popular among people who live in the city. We are seeing more and more community-based resident initiatives whereby fresh fruit and vegetables are harvested and shared, and any profits are used for the benefit of the local population. Some cities already boast thriving bee-keeping communities. Despite the fact that the world-wide bee mortality is affecting urban bees as seriously as bees in the countryside, bee populations in cities seem to be coping much better. This has stimulated cities to pay more attention on bee populations and the art of bee-keeping. Pagina 40
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