PARIS, France (Reuters) — A post office sorting depot in the heart of Paris has turned its rooftop into a farm for staff who can grow their own crops and breed chickens.
Around 30 employees volunteer to tend the tomato plants, feed the hens and harvest the fruits of their labours on the 900 square metre roof.
Post office staff from other offices come to participate in the sustainable project which organisers say helps reconnect employees with nature in an increasingly virtual world.
“We don’t really talk about the job, we are all working for the same cause when we come up at the weekend and that’s ‘We’re going to building a hen house for come chickens’ That makes sense and it feels good,” association president Sophie Jankowski said on Friday (September 22).
Seed postman is one of 33 projects supported by the Paris city authorities to develop urban agriculture in Paris.
