We are a European Partnership with a mission to build an education program in “Urban Farming and Entrepreneurship Skills” for adult learners to foster green skills and responsibilities, therefore encourage them to build resilient urban communities and cities. Urban farming can produce income and the creation of new employment opportunities for low-skilled individuals and the wider communities.

Partner organizations:

Association for Vertical Farming e.V., Germany
Center for Social Innovation - CSI, Cyprus
Fondazione HallGarten - Franchetti Centro Studi, Italy
Skybridge, Greece
Symplexis, Greece
BK Consult GbR, Germany
Best Institut Fur Berufsbezogene
Weiterbildung und PersonalTrainning Gmbh, Austria

The project is funded by the Erasmus+ program.

Through the urbFARM project, we aim to empower more citizens to start small scale initiatives in urban farming, for instance in their balconies, rooftops, small gardens and public places.

The main results of the uRBFARM program are to create a blended-learning program for low-skilled adult learners fostering green competencies. The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) program with consist of at least four core training modules in a) organic farming, b) vertical farming, c) entrepreneurship skills and d) community-based initiatives. The theoretical part will be supported by hands-on training (i.e. labs) for sustainability skills. As part of our research we will produce, a multilingual report explaining country particularities, characteristics, and challenges in an urban setting in Germany, Austria, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy.

The URBFARM project targets low-skilled adult learners interested in urban farming and entrepreneurship. Interested parties who will have the opportunity to participate in 2 pilot training rounds with a three months duration for each, that will include 1 month training for the lab skills.