Landfill transformed into urban farm feeds Thailand’s poor during pandemic

An urban farm cultivated on a former landfill site in northern Thailand increased food security and provided livelihoods for poor families during the coronavirus pandemic and can be a model for unused spaces in other cities, urban experts said Thursday.

The farm in Chiang Mai, about 700 kilometers (435 miles) from the capital Bangkok, took shape during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus last year when many of the city’s residents lost their tourism-dependent jobs.

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