The Catastrophe Garden
Three scientists try to grow food from old mattresses in a harsh refugee camp. Could waste feed thousands?
It is a daring idea: to grow food from old mattresses in a desolate camp at the edge of a war zone.
This is the extraordinary story of three eccentric scientists and their mission to feed Syrian refugees, amid unfolding personal disasters.
Low-carbon, local food, grown from waste, in one of the driest and most punishing environments in the world. If it works, it could help hundreds of thousands of people.
This film was produced as part of the Pioneers Film Fund in association with planetSHINE - a special initiative to inspire creative filmmakers to come together and shine a light on one of humanity’s biggest questions: what is the future of our food.