Oleg Moldakov

In: UA Magazine 1 - Maiden issue

The St. Petersburg Downtown Gardening Club is one of the six Eastern European organizations active in SWAPUA, SWAPUA stands for 'Soil and Water Management in Agricultural Production in Urban Areas in CEE/NIS Countries'. In this contribution, Oleg Moldakov from the St. Petersburg Downtown Gardening Club shows that the urban gardening movement in St. Petersburg has a long-standing history, both as a strategy to overcome shortcomings in food availability and for income improvement.