Cities of farmers : urban agricultural practices and processes /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Dawson, Julie (Editor), Morales, Alfonso, 1961- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.