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Early Impact: How FungALL is using urban circular farming to grow community mushrooms

Early Impact: FungALL

Circular urban farming – systems in which food is produced in a sustainable, contained environment without large swathes of farmland – has become a popular prospective solution to the climate impact of agriculture.

The carbon footprint generated from clearing forests for farmland, maintaining crops and livestock, and shipping produce around the world has made the agriculture industry one of the most damaging to the climate.

According to government figures, agriculture accounts for 71% of total nitrous oxide emissions and 49% of all methane emissions in the UK.

On top of that, many urban communities in the UK suffer from limited access to fresh and healthy produce due to the prohibitive cost and lack of vendors in certain areas.

Meet FungALL

FungALL is a non-profit startup based in Manchester hoping to tackle food poverty, climate change and a lack of community spirit – all through the power of mushrooms....