Farm The City
A Toolkit for Setting Up a Successful Urban Farm
$34.61
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2020
Summary
An essential primer from one of North America’s largest urban farms.
Urban farming has the power to change diets, economies, and lives. Yet starting an urban farm can seem daunting with skills and knowledge that extend beyond growing to include marketing, sales, employees, community relations, and navigating local regulations.
In Farm the City, Michael Ableman, the “Spartacus of Sustainable Food Activism,” offers a guide to setting up and running a successful urban fa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780865719392 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 086571939X |
| Author: | Michael Ableman |
| Publisher: | New Society Publishers |
| Imprint: | New Society Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2020 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 9mm |
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About The Author
Michael Ableman
Michael Ableman has been a commercial organic farmer for the past 45 years. He is one of the early visionaries of the urban agricultural movement and founder of the nonprofit Center for Urban Agriculture. He has helped create high-profile urban farms in Watts and Goleta, California, and is co-founder and director of Sole Food Street Farms in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ableman is author of numerous books, including From the Good Earth, On Good Land, Fields of Plenty, and Street Farm. He is the subject of the award-winning PBS film Beyond Organic narrated by Meryl Streep. His work in Vancouver is profiled in the feature-length documentary A New Economy, and he is featured in the film The Evolution of Organic, which chronicles the birth of the organic food movement. He currently lives and farms with his family at the historic 120-acre Foxglove Farm on Salt Spring Island, BC.
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