There is a humanitarian crisis taking place on the Tijuana River, in an area known as “El Bordo”, where thousands of deportees from the US end up living in the most extreme of conditions. To resolve the issue the Tijuana HUB has designed a project called "Bordofarms", which is focused on supporting this community by creating opportunities through the production of a sustainable urban farm. The project aims to:

• Create job opportunities for deportees


• Provide food self-fulfilment for the city


• Raise awareness of the issues affecting deportees from the US


• Support an abandoned community of the city

The scope of the project is not only to enable these opportunities but also to raise awareness on deportation and the lack of care by governments concerning infrastructure and financial support. The issue has caught some international media attention by NY Times, Huffington Post and National Geographic 

The big picture idea is to fill the entire corners of the Tijuana River urban area with high-tech crop production facilities that would hire deportees that enter the city (~65,000 deportees per year) with a vision to sell the production to local and international customers.

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