Integrative Model to Measure and Improve Urban Agriculture: Food-Energy-Water Meter, 2019-2020

The FEW-Meter project aimed to investigate and compare the efficiency of different types (community gardens, allotments, micro-farms) of urban growing in the UK, France, Germany, Poland and the US. This was done through the collection of input and harvest data on a sample of sites in the case study countries as well as the measurement of fixed resources on-site (such as raised beds, greenhouses and office space) and the inclusion of tools used and consumables (such as petrol and heating fuel). The study also looked at the motivations of volunteers for working at these gardens/farms and the benefits they accrued from their involvement in the case studies.