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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

From grey to green: unique farm on top of car park proposed for Birmingham

The design Slow Food Birmingham has submitted to the council for Vyse Street car park
The design Slow Food Birmingham has submitted to the council for Vyse Street car park. Photograph: Urban Design Hub

Plans have been submitted to create a first-of-its-kind urban farm on top of a multi-storey car park in Birmingham as part of a vision to “turn grey space to green productive space”.

Slow Food Birmingham, a grassroots organisation that promotes hyperlocal food production, has sent proposals to the council to build a farm, glasshouses, community space and garden, as well as an education hub and cafe on the site.

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