QC now has 1,026 urban farms

From 754 in the first half of the year, the number of urban farms in Quezon City has reached 1,026, the local government said yesterday.

- JANVIC MATEO

“This is a most welcome development, especially in addressing food security in our communities,” said Mayor Joy Belmonte, who expanded the city’s urban agriculture program through the “Joy of Urban Farming” initiative.

According to the local government, the city’s urban farming program started with a 750-squaremeter area at the Quezon Memorial Circle in 2010. Urban farms are now located in all the city’s 142 barangays.