Growing Your Own Food in Hong Kong (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789629965358)

With an increasing awareness of what they eat and the provenance of their food, people nowadays often raise such questions as where does the food come from? How is it produced? This concern over food ingredients and origins has resulted in a burgeoning interest in growing one's own food, both for the satisfaction in having done it oneself and for the assurance of food quality and safety. But how to grow one's own food in the midst of an urban metropolis? How to do it without a real garden?This book points the way, especially for beginners and those who may only have a balcony or a rooftop and are limited to growing in containers. It is not just about gardening in a narrow sense. It delves into the growing of plants as a multidisciplinary activity involving not only botany, but also zoology, geology, meteorology, philosophy, ornithology, and more. The book sends a strong environmental message for a reevaluation of modern lifestyle.

Author: Arthur Van Langenberg
ISBN-10: 9629965356
ISBN-13: 9789629965358
Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2012
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs

About the Author
Arthur van Langenberg is a surgeon with a passion for gardening. His kitchen garden is his special interest. His previous publications include Urban Gardening: A Hong Kong Gardener's Journal (Chinese University Press, 2005), which is a distillation of 40 years' experiences of growing food plants in a typical urban setting.