Urban planners, environmentalists and foodies alike are increasingly wondering how we'll feed city populations in the future, particularly as they become more concerned about local provenance. A solution could be urban farming, and the repurposing of disused city spaces to grow food that can be distributed to nearby grocery retailers.

The latest example is Turn Table in Helsinki, an urban farming project created by environmental organisation Dodo as part of the city's World Design Capital programme. The project has taken over an old railway turning circle and has turned it into a restaurant and farm, where people can eat in a communal space surrounded by beehives, greenhouses and cultivation cribs. The whole thing is also completely vertically integrated: food is not only grown but prepared and consumed within the space. The space will also host workshops and classes that teach local residents about the urban farming – and offer a little food for thought about how we'll grow and distribute in the future.