Cities of farmers : urban agricultural practices and processes /
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Cities of farmers: problems, possibilities and processes of producing food in cities / Julie Dawson and Alfonso Morales
- Food from scratch for the zenith of the unsalted seas: creating a local food system in early 20th century Duluth, Minnesota / Randel D. Hanson
- Municipal housekeepers and the high cost of living: the work of Grand Rapids women's clubs to establish gardening programs and farmers markets as public services in early twentieth century Grand Rapids / Jayson Otto
- Urban ag' in the 'burbs / Megan Horst, Catherine Brinkley, Kara Martin
- Cultivating in Cascadia: urban agriculture policy and practice in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver / Nathan McClintock and Michael Simpson
- Urban agriculture: composting / Lauren Suerth
- Agroecology of urban farming / Erin Silva and Anne Pfeiffer
- Lessons from 'the bucket brigade': the role of urban gardening in Native American cultural continuance / Michèle Companion
- Foregrounding community-building in community food security: a case study of the New Brunswick community farmers market and Esperanza Garden / Laura Lawson, Luke Drake, and Nurgul Fitzgerald
- Fumbling for community in a Brooklyn community garden / Dory Thrasher
- Food hubs: expanding local food to urban consumers / Becca B.R. Jablonski and Todd M. Schmit
- Chicago marketplaces / Anne Roubal and Alfonso Morales
- The co-evolution of urban agriculture practice, planning, and policy / Nevin Cohen and Katinka Wijsman
- Urban agriculture and health: what is known, what is possible? / Benjamin W. Chrisinger and Sheila Golden
- More than the sum of their parts: an exploration of the connective and facilitative functions of food policy councils / Lindsey Day-Farnsworth
- Embedding food systems into the built environment / Janine de la Salle.