The Urban Harvest Guide
Grow Real Food, Cultivate Community, and Feed Your Family Seasonally
$49.31
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2027
Summary
Discover how you can build food security and resilience through urban gardening and local food systems, right from your patio, suburban backyard, or neighborhood garden.
The Urban Harvest Guide is for anyone seeking a more sustainable and nourishing lifestyle–wherever you live. And it’s not limited to growing vegetables; you can harvest bushels of fruits, herbs, luffa sponges for cleaning, and much more, in almost any space and climate. Author Elise Pickett p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781493095940 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1493095943 |
| Author: | Elise Pickett, Joel Salatin |
| Publisher: | Globe Pequot Press |
| Imprint: | Globe Pequot Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2027 |
Critics Review
“Small space growers rejoice–this is the book you’ve been waiting for! Written from years of experience, The Urban Harvest Guide is a timely contribution to the local food movement that is sure to be a favorite.”–Chris Coulter, owner of Coulter’s Good Earth Farm; author of The Complete Guide to Survival Gardening
Elise Pickett
Elise Pickett is the founder of The Urban Harvest, an online education platform and garden business that has helped over 100,000 people across the United States grow food and live more sustainably. Elise began gardening in 2010 as a personal response to the health impacts of industrialized food. By 2014, she founded The Urban Harvest to serve others looking for approachable, practical ways to make the same lifestyle shifts.
Elise holds a degree in wildlife ecology and conservation with a minor in zoology from the University of Florida. She worked as a biologist for six years before transitioning into organic gardening. Her training includes hands-on experience through WWOOF with farms in Colombia and Chile, as well as observation and volunteering at farms across the United States. She completed a six-month Urban Agriculture course under Will Allen, founder of Growing Power and a pioneer of contemporary urban agriculture in the United States, and holds a seventy-two-hour Permaculture Design Certificate earned under Koreen Brennan of Grow Permaculture.
Elise also operates a retail seed store, hosts garden workshops, offers digital courses and consultations, and has self-published a seasonal recipe cookbook. She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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