Canada: London, Ontario’s Solar-Powered 15-Minute City Could Grow All its Own Veggies…Some Day Soon
Self-sufficiency is key to community resilience.
By Lella Blumer
The Energy Mix
Nov 24, 2025
Excerpt:
A recent Concordia University study modelling food self-sufficiency in London, Ontario’s West 5 neighbourhood suggests residents could, in theory, grow all their vegetables on less than 15% of rooftop, façade, and unused lot space, while cutting food transport emissions by 98% through a renewables-powered distribution system.
While the model fits West 5’s design as London’s first solar-powered, sustainable, 15-minute neighbourhood, resident Lila Huron-Albinger and city councillor Anna Hopkins say there are significant challenges to making that model a reality.
“It’s a bit ‘pie-in-the-sky’,” Huron-Albinger told The Energy Mix, noting that several practical factors don’t appear to have been part of the study: from how its proposed solar panel-integrated sidewalks would be maintained in the winter and whether they would affect pedestrian safety, to the fact that “urban agriculture requires you to know a lot about farming”.
“We’re not there yet,” Hopkins echoed, while noting the model “could give us direction about where we need to go.”
“When it comes to access to fresh food and sustainability, we as a city have learned after the COVID-19 pandemic that we need to do more to support this.”
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/canada-london-ontarios-solar-powered-15-minute-city-could-grow-all-its-own-veggiessome-day-soon/
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