This dissertationis written during a period of 16 months, starting in January 2012 and finishing in May 2013. During this time I have learned a lot about scientific research, how it is done, how much time and preparation it takes and how it is constantly evolving. The endresult turned out to be different than my intentional ideas about my research. While reading the literature I came to the conclusion that urban agricultureis gaining more and more importance, but that there is still little research in Belgium about the subject. Therefore I hope that this study will shed some light on the recent developments that urban agriculture is making in Brussels. I hopethatthe reader will enjoy reading my work and I also hope that it will make him think about the subject. My biggest hope however is that this research can be the beginning of a whole series of studies regarding urban agriculturein Belgium. If that happens, I would consider my studya success.I would also express my gratitude to the people who helped me with my research and helped me make it what it has become. I would first like to thank my supervisors, Hossein Azadi, David Bassens and Maarten Roels for guiding me, reading my work and for their helpful insights regarding the subject. Specialthanks are going to all the respondents of the interviews for their cooperation with this project. I also want to thank Sofie for her support and patience for listening to me while I discussed my study with her and to read my work over and over again. Finally I want to thank my family and friends for their support and help during the time of my project.