Beyond Beautification: Lessons from Mumbai's Informal Food Gardens

Community-led food gardens at orphanages, hospitals, and disability centers in Mumbai use recycled materials to grow sustainable food for sustenance, education, and healing in resource-constrained urban settings, transforming neglected spaces into functioning agricultural infrastructure.

While these gardens demonstrate resilience and resourcefulness, they emerge from necessity rather than as a scalable policy solution; broader systemic food security and urban planning changes remain needed.