The current crisis has alarmingly worsened the percentages and has proven the need to develop public policies to foster resilience and ensure food sovereignty. Governments challenges aim to transform cities within a comprehensive and sustainable scope. The introduction of urban agriculture in strategical locations has the potential to tackle several needs, besides, the use of the urban acupuncture method can integrate a healthy, self-sufficient and socially cohesive scenario, with a positive environmental impact. Since 1950, the growth of the urbanization rate in Latin America has reached 93% and by 2050 about 70% of people will live in urban areas (UN, 2018).