Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781616144586)

A global movement to take back our food is growing. The future of farming is in our hands-and in our cities.This book examines alternative food systems in cities around the globe that are shortening their food chains, growing food within their city limits, and taking their "food security" into their own hands. The author, an award-winning food journalist, sought out leaders in the urban-agriculture movement and visited cities successfully dealing with "food deserts." What she found was not just a niche concern of activists but a global movement that cuts across the private and public spheres, economic classes, and cultures. She describes a global movement happening from London and Paris to Vancouver and New York to establish alternatives to the monolithic globally integrated supermarket model. A cadre of forward-looking, innovative people has created growing spaces in cities: on rooftops, backyards, vacant lots, along roadways, and even in "vertical farms." Whether it's a community public orchard supplying the needs of local residents or an urban farm that has reclaimed a derelict inner city lot to grow and sell premium market veggies to restaurant chefs, the urban food revolution is clearly underway and working.This book is an exciting, fascinating chronicle of a game-changing movement, a rebellion against the industrial food behemoth, and a reclaiming of communities to grow, distribute, and eat locally.

Author: Jennifer Cockrall-King
ISBN-10: 1616144580
ISBN-13: 9781616144586
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2012
Pages: 372
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/07/2011 pg. 59
Library Journal 02/01/2012 pg. 82
Booklist 02/15/2012 pg. 13
Quill & Quire 03/01/2012 pg. 39
Choice 08/01/2012