[HIGHLIGHTS] In Paris, urban agriculture “is not intended to feed city dwellers, but to reconnect them with nature”

In Paris, urban agriculture “is not intended to feed city dwellers, but to reconnect them with nature’ Christine Aubry is director of the urban agriculture, ecosystem services and urban food chair at AgroParisTech. In 2012, this doctor in agronomy founded the first French research team dedicated to urban agriculture at the National Institute of Agronomic Research (Inrae) Aubry advocates ‘more hybrid’ models of urban agriculture in Paris and the inner suburbs.