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Sao Paulo is a megalopoly, has around 19 million inhabitants, with its mobility issues around 7 million cars and poor public transport infrastructure. The real estate speculation made the city grow with hardly any urban planning and very few and far apart parks. Green areas were seen and reserved to leisure time and not a necessary part for the city – the lack of contact with nature and it is evident there.
The fact is almost no-one know there is urban agriculture in Sao Paulo, even with its many problems few initiatives are dotted around the city. The difference there is, while in developed countries urban farming is somewhat seen as a new "back to nature" trend, in developing countries and places like Sao Paulo this trend goes beyond that: it provides a vital source of nutrition and revitalization of an area. …show more content…

So, Jose decided to become a urban farmer. And that is when local NGO Cidades sem Fome (Cities without hunger) comes to help future urban farmers obtain legal protections to establish productive growing spaces in vacant or underused lots. With a help of his wife, Jose started his plantation on the unused land under the electricity pylons crossing his neighborhood in the East side of Sao Paulo, one of the poorest areas. As well as providing extra nutrition for his family, Jose makes around R$ 700 to R$ 1200 (include dollars) with the sale of his

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