urban farming | Citizen Matters, Chennai

“Chennai can grow all the fruits and veggies it needs locally by 2025”

August 14, 2020 Bhavani Prabhakar

Due to overreliance on other states and districts for food supply, Chennai was hit considerably during the lockdown. How can this change? Research by the Urban Design Collective has provided some answers.

A garden on every roof: Help the Patchai Madi project turn Chennai into India’s urban farming capital

July 22, 2020 Sridhar Ramanathan

The Patchai Madi Project looks at turning the barren rooftops of Chennai into gardens, making the city green and resilient. Here is how you can pitch in to make this project a success.

Now, grow your own veggies without mining soil and sand from nature

August 21, 2018 Hema Vijay

Sitting right here in your city, Chennai’s grand old kitchen gardener-activist, S.S. Radhakrishnan, has concocted a perfect organic substitute to soil. Here’s a complete guide that can help all avid urban farmers and gardeners make their own soil and pursue their passion in an even more sustainable way.