Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival

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University of California Press, Jan 30, 2012 - Cooking - 181 pages
"There’s a conviction among many sustainable agriculture advocates that the best way to move agriculture forward is to look back. The hope is to return to an exalted era in agriculture, to the kind of rural scene fit for a Rockwell painting or a Shaker Village—to food grown the old fashioned way. Breaking Through Concrete is not that, which is exactly the point. This ode to urban farming is not nostalgic (those are skyscrapers in the background, not silos), but instructive. It's a beautiful, gritty and very real portrait of the possibilities for the future of food." — Dan Barber, Executive Chef & Co-owner of Blue Hill

"A road map to the future of America. A blueprint of possibilities. A book full of remarkable stories of neighborhood visionaries, stories of people who grow community in their gardens. Where others see trouble, they see food and hope." —NPR's Kitchen Sisters

"Finally, a book on the full continuum of urban agriculture in America, replete with inspiring images of the people and places behind today's city-grown food. Hanson and Marty tell these stories with such admiration for their subjects you'll want to bestow hero status to city farmers." —Darrin Nordahl, author of Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture

Breaking Through Concrete will satisfy readers hungry for a broad perspective on urban agriculture. The beautiful stories and photographs of successful programs throughout North America, combined with practical ‘how to’ guides, provides a valued resource for practitioners, advocates, scholars, and gardeners.” —Laura Lawson, author of City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America

 

Contents

Foreword by Mark Winne xi Preface by David Hanson xiii Introduction by Edwin Marty
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Grow Good Safe The Historic Farm 39
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DENVER COLORADO
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Conclusion by Edwin Marty
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Jones Valley Urban Farm BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA The Education and Production Farm 91 Greensgrow Farms and the Philadelphia Project PHI...
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Engage the Community with Education Programs 99 HOW TO Rehabilitate Contaminated Soils
125
Wood Street Urban Farm
141
Extend the Growing
149
Start an Urban
162
Recommended Reading
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