The Urban Garden : How One Community Turned Idle Land Into a Garden City and How You Can, Too

Breaking Ground -- Growing a garden city -- the new faces of local food -- index.;Fifteen people--plus a class of first graders--tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community ... and how they can change yours, too. Urban Farming Handbook includes fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior, a troubled teen, a foodie, and a food bank officer. The book includes seven in-depth "How It Works" sections on student farms, community gardens, community-supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, and community outreach.

Fifteen people—plus a class of first graders—tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community...and how they can change yours, too.

Growing a Garden City includes:

• Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more
  
• Seven in-depth “How It Works” sections on student farms, community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more
  
• Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national non-profit organizations
  
• Over 80 full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and play
  
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Read Growing a Garden City to:

• Learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers
  
• Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own "growing community” anywhere across the country and around the world
  
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A look at how urban gardening helped people in Missoula, Montana, and how you can make it happen in your own community. Fifteen people—plus a class of first graders—tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community . . . and how they can change yours, too. Urban Farming Handbook includes: • Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and a troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more • Seven in-depth “How It Works” sections on student farms, community gardens, community-supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more • Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national nonprofit organizations • Seventy full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and play Read Urban Farming Handbook to learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers. Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own “growing community” anywhere across the country and around the world. Fifteen people—plus a class of first graders—tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community...and how they can change yours, too.Urban Farming Handbook includes:• Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more• Seven in-depth “How It Works” sections on student farms, community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more• Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national non-profit organizations• Over 80 full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and playRead Urban Farming Handbook to:• Learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers• Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own'growing community” anywhere across the country and around the world. Fifteen people—plus a class of first graders—tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community...and how they can change yours, too. Urban Farming Handbook includes: Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more Seven in-depth “How It Works" sections on student farms, community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national non-profit organizations Over 80 full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and play Read Urban Farming Handbook to: Learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own "growing community" anywhere across the country and around the world. Fifteen people?plus a class of first graders?tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community ... and how they can change yours, too. Urban Farming Handbook includes: Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more Seven in-depth?How It Works" sections on student farms, community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national non-profit organizations Over 80 full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and play Read Urban Farming Handbook to: Learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own "growing community" anywhere across the country and around the world Breaking ground. The founder : Josh Slotnick -- The student : Cori Ash -- The teacher : Neva Hassanein -- The caretaker : Rick White -- How it works : student farm -- Growing a garden city. The family : Gita Saedi Kiely and Jason Kiely -- The organizer : Tim Hall -- How it works : community gardens -- The foodie : Jodi Allison-Bunnell -- The farmer : Greg Price -- How it works : community supported agriculture (CSA) -- The new faces of local food. The first graders : Rattlesnake School first grade class -- How it works : community education -- The teenager : Hannah Ellison -- The counselor : Tim Ballard -- How it works : farm work therapy -- The senior : Vinette Rupp -- The single mother : Kim Markuson -- The homeless shelter chef : Jesse Schraufnagel -- The food bank officer : Aaron Brock -- How it works : community outreach -- Afterword : how garden city harvest works. Fifteen people--plus a class of first graders--tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community ... and how they can change yours, too. Urban Farming Handbook includes: * Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more * Seven in-depth ""How It Works" sections on student farms, community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outre Contains personal narratives in which fifteen individuals comment on the influence of local food, farms, and gardens in their lives, and discuss how community gardens and community-supported agriculture can address social problems