Hull could be the first UK city to offer people the 'right to grow' on unused council land.
Rooted in Hull, which teaches people how to grow produce in urban areas, overlooks the River Hull in the city's industrial heartlandHull looks set to become the first UK city to give people the "right to grow" food on disused council land.
Yet, in multiple raised beds on a gravelled patch of land off St Peter's Street, plants flourish, irrigated using a system which collects and stores rainwater from the roof of the Royal Mail's sorting office next door. "The purpose of Rooted in Hull is to teach people about growing food in urban environments," Mr King adds.
Hull would become the first city in the UK to give people a right to grow on unused council land - and that's an exciting proposition for Mr King who says it's a golden opportunity "to be a pioneering city". Incredible Edible, a network of more than 150 community growing groups, is pressing for more councils to do the same. The group insists unused land could "with a little TLC be turned into oases for food and wildlife".
Councillor Mark Ieronimo, the council's infrastructure portfolio holder, says the city is "blessed with green areas", adding there are also spaces that are no longer used, such as former car parks.
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