Touch the Soil News #1464 (Feature photo – Philippine Senator Francis Pangilinan – Attribution, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62021362)
Francis Pangilinan, a Philippine Senator and lawyer, is also a home food gardener. He is pushing legislation that mandates national and local governments to use idle or abandoned government lots and buildings for growing crops, raising livestock and vertical hydroponic farms. His reasons are simple – turn the city more green, reduce poverty and ensure food security.
You can read the full story here: https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/10/14/news/national/pangilinan-promotes-urban-farming/631430/