Forming part of Protofarm's parallel session at the ICSID for the World Design Congress, Amy Franceschini explains Futurefarmers's approach to community-based Victory Gardens and the importance of growing our own food.

Protofarm 2050 was commissioned by ICSID for the World Design Congress in Singapore from 23 to 25 November. The brief was to generate preemptive solutions to predicted problems of the future. Commissioning previous Design Indaba speakers – Futurefarmers, 5.5 designers, Dunne&Raby, Revital Cohen and Frank Tjepkema – Protofarm 2050 engages with issues of food security and resourceful environmentalism.