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Book SynopsisDocuments 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. This title offers practical advice such as composting and keeping livestock in the city, decontaminating toxic soil, and changing zoning laws.
Table of ContentsForeword 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
