Re-FURBE – Reigniting Farming and Urban Renewal in the Built Environment

Re-FURBE will utilise creative and participatory approaches to co-develop and communicate urban farming (UF) methods and goals with the community of Mukuru (Nairobi, Kenya). We will work with participants (9yrs+) to create a suite of feasible low-tech citizen science UF tools and techniques which are currently lacking (e.g. for soil analysis, assessing cultivation sites and crop health, irrigation system design, etc.). A qualitative study utilising arts-based methods will be designed and implemented to explore the lived experience of participants around food scarcity, climate change, nutrition, mental health and UF. We will also develop co-created artworks to promote and extol the benefits of UF for the community.