The purpose of this article is to present and analyse the role of urban agriculture as an activity capable of transforming food production and consumption in order to guarantee a better quality of life for producers and consumers in the city of São Paulo, the largest Brazilian metropolis. In this article, we will highlight the possibilities of socio-spatial transformation of urban agriculture in the metropolis and present the political-institutional challenges identified for the first decades of the 21st century. To this end, two distinct but complementary practices will be the focus of the analysis: peri-urban agriculture, historically relevant for the supply of food to the local population and for the generation of income to small farmers; and intra-urban agriculture, represented by community gardens resulting from activist initiatives (including community engagement). These intra and peri-urban practices establish new food paradigms, among which the following stand out in São Paulo: their educational and commercial role; the enactment of new public policies; solidary economy networks and markets; and the spreading of the theory and practice of agroecological food.

本文的目的是介绍和分析都市农业作为一项能够转变食品生产和消费的活动的作用，以确保巴西最大的城市圣保罗市的生产者和消费者的生活质量得到改善。在本文中，我们将重点介绍大都市中都市农业的社会空间转型的可能性，并介绍21世纪前几十年所确定的政治制度挑战。为此，分析的重点是两种截然不同但互补的做法：城郊农业，在历史上与向当地人口供应粮食和为小农创造收入有关；以及都市内的农业 以维权行动（包括社区参与）产生的社区花园为代表。这些城内和城郊实践建立了新的食物范式，其中有以下在圣保罗突出：它们的教育和商业作用；制定新的公共政策；实体经济网络和市场；以及农业生态食品理论和实践的传播。