{"id":1876,"date":"2019-06-20T15:09:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T19:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reprogrammingthecity.com\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2023-08-15T08:38:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:38:50","slug":"growing-underground-urban-food-in-abandoned-subway-tunnels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprogrammingthecity.com\/growing-underground-urban-food-in-abandoned-subway-tunnels\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Underground: Urban Food in Abandoned Subway Tunnels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

London Underground sometimes uses the phrase \u201cMoving London\u201d as a slogan to describe the service it provides for the city. Growing Underground might think \u201cFeeding London\u201d could be an equally descriptive future slogan for the network if the full potential of its dormant areas and abandoned tunnels is fully realized for another purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing Underground has transformed a series of abandoned \u201cdeep level\u201d subway tunnels 33 meters beneath the streets of the city into growing chambers for greens and salad leaves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Growing Underground has transformed a series of abandoned subway tunnels into growing chambers for greens and salad leaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The advantages of using the existing abandoned subway tunnels as a subterranean urban farm<\/a> are numerous, says the company. For one, the carbon footprint of the food is vastly reduced – taking the elevator a few floors to the surface takes infinitely less resources for distribution<\/a> than flying crops across an ocean. In addition, Growing Underground’s parent company Zero Carbon Food notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n