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    Jan 25, 2022 4 minutes

    CITY ALLOTMENTS MATCH FARM PRODUCTIVITY

    A citizen science project by the University of Sussex has found that urban growers in Brighton and Hove were able to harvest 1kg of insect-pollinated fruit and vegetables per one metre square, which is within the range of conventional farming.

    The researchers calculated that an average of £380 worth of produce per grower was thanks to insect pollination, with berries being the most attractive crop to pollinators. Over the two-year period, the volunteers recorded more than 2000 pollinating insects visiting their crops. Bees were the most common group of pollinating visitors, accounting for 43% of all

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