Urban farming in Latvia

Urban Farming in LatviaMULTIDISCIPLINARY FLIPPED LEARNING WITH ICT

ERASMUS+ KA2 PROJECT2015-2017

Daugavpils Saskaņas School/Latvia

Urban farming as such is not typical of Latvia as we have a lot of empty fields and farmland.

Latvians like to spend their free time in the countryside.

O So, what we do – we rent or buy a piece of land (or usually

we inherited it) for gardening and growing food plants. And

families grow vegetables, fruits (apples), berries, or do

beekeeping or even raise chickens.

O This tradition is passed from generation to generation. It can

be both commercial gardening or just a hobby.

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First, we grow seedlings on the windowseel.

Then, we plant them in our garden

This way we provide ourselves with natural food.

In a sense, it can be called allotment or community garden.

And now we will show you some photos of our and our teachers’ gardens.

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Also we pickle cucumbers, tomatoes and other vegetables to eat them in winter.

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Some families do beekeeping, raise chicken or rabbits.