We have made the first harvest of tomatoes of the season!! They are ox heart type and have very good size. We expect continue harvesting until July.

Between April 16 and June 25, there will be a series of talks on the topic of urban agriculture and food squandering in different places of Barcelona. Participants will include researchers Joan Rieradevall, Xavier Gabarrell, Susana Toboso and Ramiro González, members and collaborators of FertileCity (more information).

On March 22, the FertileCity meeting was held with the ICTA and UPC researchers involved in the project. It was announced the work that has been done and is in progress.

On March 9 a seminar was held about Rooftop Greenhouses (RTG’s). We received the visit of Drs. Ruchi Choudhary and Melanie Jans-Singh of the Cambridge University, as well as Dr. Esther Sanyé-Mengual of Susturbanfoods, part of the SosteniPra group. It started with a welcome coffee and a tour of the RTG’s facilities, followed by the seminar where Dr. Xavier Gabarrell presented the FertileCity project.

PhD candidate Alexandra Peña gave a seminar on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, part of the Incubator María de Maeztu (MdM) to present the topic of her research "Agro-urban sustainability through greenhouses on the roof, improving the sustainability of the cities." Economic benefits and business models in room Z/023 of the ICTA-UAB building.