Urban Farming and Entrepreneurship for Adults (urbFARM)
“Our aim through the project is to empower more citizens to start small scale initiatives in urban farming, for instance in their balconies, rooftops, small gardens and public places.”
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The urbFARM project a European Partnership project with a mission to build an education program in “Urban Farming and Entrepreneurship Skills” for adult learners to foster green skills and responsibilities, therefore encourage them to build resilient urban communities and cities. Urban farming can produce income and the creation of new employment opportunities for low-skilled individuals and the wider communities.
The project consists of a consortium of 6 European Partner organizations from Greece, Germany, Austria Italy and Cyprus with long experience in research, project implementation, adult education and knowledge transfer as well as long experience in transnational cooperation form a strong partnership.
Our aim through the project is to empower more citizens to start small scale initiatives in urban farming, for instance in their balconies, rooftops, small gardens and public places.
The urbFARM project targets low-skilled adult learners interested in urban farming and entrepreneurship. Interested parties who will have the opportunity to participate in 2 pilot training rounds with a three months duration for each, that will include 1 month training for the lab skills.
The main results of the uRBFARM program are to create a blended-learning program for low-skilled adult learners fostering green competencies. The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) program with consist of at least four core training modules in a) organic farming, b) vertical farming, c) entrepreneurship skills and d) community-based initiatives. The theoretical part will be supported by hands-on training (i.e. labs) for sustainability skills. As part of our research we will produce, a multilingual report explaining country particularities, characteristics, and challenges in an urban setting in Germany, Austria, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy.
The project is funded by the Erasmus+ program.
You can see the project website here.
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