People have always grown food in urban spaces—on windowsills and sidewalks, and in backyards and neighborhood parks—but today, urban farmers are leading an environmental and social movement that transforms our national food system. To explore this agricultural renaissance, brothers David and Michael Hanson and urban farmer Edwin Marty document twelve successful urban farm programs, from an alternative school for girls in Detroit, to a backyard food swap in New Orleans, to a restaurant supply garden on a rooftop in Brooklyn. Each beautifully illustrated essay offers practical advice for budding... Read More
People have always grown food in urban spaces—on windowsills and sidewalks, and in backyards and neighborhood parks—but today, urban farmers are leading an environmental and social movement that transforms our national food system. To explore this agricultural renaissance, brothers David and Michael Hanson and urban farmer Edwin Marty document twelve successful urban farm programs, from an alternative school for girls in Detroit, to a backyard food swap in New Orleans, to a restaurant supply garden on a rooftop in Brooklyn. Each beautifully illustrated essay offers practical advice for budding... Read More
People have always grown food in urban spaces—on windowsills and sidewalks, and in backyards and neighborhood parks—but today, urban farmers are leading an environmental and social movement that transforms our national food system. To explore this agricultural renaissance, brothers David and Michael Hanson and urban farmer Edwin Marty document twelve successful urban farm programs, from an alternative school for girls in Detroit, to a backyard food swap in New Orleans, to a restaurant supply garden on a rooftop in Brooklyn. Each beautifully illustrated essay offers practical advice for budding farmers, such as composting and keeping livestock in the city, decontaminating toxic soil, even changing zoning laws.
Details
Price: $34.95
Pages: 200
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 30th January 2012
ISBN: 9780520949713
Format: eBook
BISACs: GARDENING / General SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / General
Author Bio
David Hanson is a freelance writer and photographer. Edwin Marty is founder of Jones Valley Urban Farm in Birmingham, Alabama. Michael Hanson is an award-winning travel photographer. Mark Winne is the author of Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners and Smart-Cookin’ Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Mark Winne Preface by David Hanson Introduction by Edwin Marty
1. P-Patch Community Garden Program, Seattle, Washington • The Neighborhood Garden HOW TO: Change Your City’s Urban Agriculture Zoning Codes
2. Homeless Garden Project, Santa Cruz, California • The Farm as Therapy HOW TO: Grow Good, Safe Food
3. Fairview Gardens and the Center for Urban Agriculture, Santa Barbara, California • The Historic Farm HOW TO: Plant Perennial Fruit Trees in the City
4. Denver Urban Gardens, Denver, Colorado • The Garden as Community HOW TO: Turn Your Waste into Black Gold Compost
5. Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture, Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri • The Farm for Profit HOW TO: Access Start-Up Capital for Urban Food Projects
6. Versailles Community, New Orleans, Louisiana • Backyards of Bounty HOW TO: Develop a Congregational Urban Farm
7. Jones Valley Urban Farm, Birmingham, Alabama • The Education and Production Farm HOW TO: Engage the Community with Education Programs
8. Greensgrow, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • The Nonprofit, For-Profit Farm HOW TO: Rehabilitate Contaminated Soils
9. Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, Brooklyn, New York • The Rooftop Farm HOW TO: Convert Rooftops to Residential Gardens and Urban Farms
10. Catherine Ferguson Academy, Detroit, Michigan • The Alternative Curriculum Farm HOW TO: Raise Urban Livestock
11. Growing Home’s Wood Street Urban Farm, Chicago, Illinois • The Job Training Farm HOW TO: Extend the Growing Season with Hoop Houses and Greenhouses
12. Sandhill Organics and Prairie Crossing, Grayslake, Illinois • The Peri-urban Farm HOW TO: Start an Urban Farm
Conclusion by Edwin Marty Acknowledgments Bibliography
People have always grown food in urban spaces—on windowsills and sidewalks, and in backyards and neighborhood parks—but today, urban farmers are leading an environmental and social movement that transforms our national food system. To explore this agricultural renaissance, brothers David and Michael Hanson and urban farmer Edwin Marty document twelve successful urban farm programs, from an alternative school for girls in Detroit, to a backyard food swap in New Orleans, to a restaurant supply garden on a rooftop in Brooklyn. Each beautifully illustrated essay offers practical advice for budding farmers, such as composting and keeping livestock in the city, decontaminating toxic soil, even changing zoning laws.
Price: $34.95
Pages: 200
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 30th January 2012
ISBN: 9780520949713
Format: eBook
BISACs: GARDENING / General SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / General
David Hanson is a freelance writer and photographer. Edwin Marty is founder of Jones Valley Urban Farm in Birmingham, Alabama. Michael Hanson is an award-winning travel photographer. Mark Winne is the author of Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners and Smart-Cookin’ Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture.
Foreword by Mark Winne Preface by David Hanson Introduction by Edwin Marty
1. P-Patch Community Garden Program, Seattle, Washington • The Neighborhood Garden HOW TO: Change Your City’s Urban Agriculture Zoning Codes
2. Homeless Garden Project, Santa Cruz, California • The Farm as Therapy HOW TO: Grow Good, Safe Food
3. Fairview Gardens and the Center for Urban Agriculture, Santa Barbara, California • The Historic Farm HOW TO: Plant Perennial Fruit Trees in the City
4. Denver Urban Gardens, Denver, Colorado • The Garden as Community HOW TO: Turn Your Waste into Black Gold Compost
5. Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture, Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri • The Farm for Profit HOW TO: Access Start-Up Capital for Urban Food Projects
6. Versailles Community, New Orleans, Louisiana • Backyards of Bounty HOW TO: Develop a Congregational Urban Farm
7. Jones Valley Urban Farm, Birmingham, Alabama • The Education and Production Farm HOW TO: Engage the Community with Education Programs
8. Greensgrow, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • The Nonprofit, For-Profit Farm HOW TO: Rehabilitate Contaminated Soils
9. Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, Brooklyn, New York • The Rooftop Farm HOW TO: Convert Rooftops to Residential Gardens and Urban Farms
10. Catherine Ferguson Academy, Detroit, Michigan • The Alternative Curriculum Farm HOW TO: Raise Urban Livestock
11. Growing Home’s Wood Street Urban Farm, Chicago, Illinois • The Job Training Farm HOW TO: Extend the Growing Season with Hoop Houses and Greenhouses
12. Sandhill Organics and Prairie Crossing, Grayslake, Illinois • The Peri-urban Farm HOW TO: Start an Urban Farm
Conclusion by Edwin Marty Acknowledgments Bibliography
