Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival by Hanson, David

Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520270541)

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Format: Hardcover
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Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival by Hanson, David

Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival

$34.95
Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival by Hanson, David

Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival

$34.95
Format: Hardcover
Description
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People have always grown food in urban spaces--on windowsills and sidewalks, and in backyards and neighborhood parks--but today, urban farmers are leading an environmental and social movement that transforms our national food system. To explore this agricultural renaissance, brothers David and Michael Hanson and urban farmer Edwin Marty document 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. Each beautifully illustrated essay offers practical advice for budding farmers, such as composting and keeping livestock in the city, decontaminating toxic soil, even changing zoning laws.

Author: David Hanson, Edwin Marty
ISBN-10: 0520270541
ISBN-13: 9780520270541
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 01/30/2012
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 9.30h x 8.17w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2012 pg. 82
Choice 07/01/2012
By David Hanson
By David Hanson
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David Hanson is a freelance writer and photographer. Edwin Marty is founder of Jones Valley Urban Farm in Birmingham, Alabama. Michael Hanson is an award-winning travel photographer. Mark Winne is the author of Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners and Smart-Cookin' Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture.

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