Glasshouses in a Sheffield park are set to be used to grow affordable food for local people, councillors have agreed. The city council said the structures at Norton Nurseries in Graves Park would be restored and a new operator found to grow food in the space.
At a recent charity trustee sub-committee meeting, it was agreed the new operator must enable fairer access to affordable food for the community.
A license was granted to commission an operator for up to five years. The glasshouses, which were opened in 1983, were originally used as a greenhouse to grow and supply bedding plants for Sheffield parks.
This stopped in the mid-1990s amid high running costs and dwindling demand for bedding plants.
Now, however, they are underused and at risk of falling into further disrepair, the council said.
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