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Public produce : the new urban agriculture
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Public produce : the new urban agriculture

Author: Darrin Nordahl
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Public Produce profiles municipal food growing efforts in public spaces, illustrating that there is both a need and a desire to supplement our existing food production methods outside the city with opportunities inside the city. Each of these efforts works in concert to make fresh produce more available to the public while reinforcing a sense of place and building community, nourishing the needy and providing  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Nordahl, Darrin.
Public produce.
Washington, DC : Island Press, c2009
(OCoLC)748988769
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Darrin Nordahl
ISBN: 9781597265874 159726587X 9781597265881 1597265888
OCLC Number: 317623050
Description: xiv, 177 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Serendipity --
Food security --
Public space, public officials, public policy --
To glean and forage in the city --
Maintenance and aesthetics --
Food literacy --
Community health and prosperity.
Responsibility: Darrin Nordahl.

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Makes a contemporary case not for central government intervention, but for local government involvement in shaping food policy. This book profiles urban food growing efforts, illustrating that there  Read more...

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"A thought-provoking work about the food-producing potential of urban public space, and a worthwhile read for everyone who does food policy work."

--Benjamin Thomases"Food Policy Coordinator, Read more...

 
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