Food and Nutritional Diets
Urban farmers grow ornamentals, microgreens, herbs, vegetables, and fruits. Many of them meet their daily vegetable needs like tomatoes, chillies, beans, okra, brinjal, and gourds, from their gardens. Since these were organically home-grown, it provides fresh, healthy, and nutritional diets. Growing local and native plants has also led to a revival of forgotten flavours and food-recipes, reviving local food cultures. During the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdowns, these food gardens became major sources of fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables for many households, including the urban poor.
