Hanson / Marty Breaking Through Concrete

Building an Urban Farm Revival
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-520-94971-3
Verlag: University of California Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanson, David

Marty, Edwin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Hanson, David
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.