Breaking through concrete [[electronic resource] ] : building an urban farm revival / / David Hanson and Edwin Marty ; photographs by Michael Hanson ; foreword by Mark Winne |
Autore | Hanson David <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 630.91732 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MartyEdwin <1972->
HansonMichael <1981-> |
Soggetto topico |
Urban agriculture - United States
Community gardens - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
agricultural renaissance
american agriculture american farming becoming a gardener city farmers city grown food city life community gardening crowded cities farm life farming and gardening food and environment food and sustainability food lovers food future of food gardening books gardening diy gardening in city gardens green thumb homesteading living green sustainability sustainable agriculture sustainable gardening urban agriculture urban farming urban gardening urban planting |
ISBN |
1-280-09584-9
9786613520487 0-520-94971-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- P-Patch Community Garden Program SEATTLE, WASHINGTON • The Neighborhood Garden -- HOW TO: Change Your City's Urban Agriculture Zoning Codes -- Homeless Garden Project SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA • The Farm as Therapy -- HOW TO: Grow Good, Safe Food -- Fairview Gardens and the Center for Urban Agriculture SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA • The Historic Farm -- HOW TO: Plant Perennial Fruit Trees in the City -- Denver Urban Gardens DENVER, COLORADO • The Garden as Community -- HOW TO: Turn Your Waste into Black Gold -- Juniper Gardens and Cultivate Kansas City KANSAS CITY, KANSAS AND MISSOURI • The Farm for Profit -- HOW TO: Access Start-Up Capital for Urban Food Projects -- Versailles Community NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA • Backyards of Bounty -- HOW TO: Develop a Congregational Urban Farm -- Jones Valley Urban Farm BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA • The Education and Production Farm -- HOW TO: Engage the Community with Education Programs -- Greensgrow Farms and the Philadelphia Project PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA • The Nonprofit, For-Profit Farm -- HOW TO: Rehabilitate Contaminated Soils -- Eagle Street Rooftop Farm BROOKLYN, NEW YORK • The Rooftop Farm -- HOW TO: Convert Rooftops to Residential Gardens and Urban Farms -- Catherine Ferguson Academy DETROIT, MICHIGAN • The Alternative Curriculum Farm -- HOW TO: Raise Urban Livestock -- Wood Street Urban Farm and Growing Home CHICAGO, ILLINOIS • The Job Training Farm -- HOW TO: Extend the Growing Season with Hoop Houses and Greenhouses -- Sandhill Organics and Prairie Crossing GRAYSLAKE, ILLINOIS • The Peri-urban Farm -- HOW TO: Start an Urban Farm -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Recommended Reading |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789978003321 |
Hanson David <1978-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Meals to come [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the future of food / / Warren Belasco |
Autore | Belasco Warren James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
Disciplina | 641.3009 |
Collana | California studies in food and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply
Food - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american culture
20th century american food history american studies cooking culinary disney amusements parks disney world disneyland dystopia farmers markets food and innovation food and technology food security food supply food writings food future of food futuristic films futuristic novels gastronomy genetic engineering gmos human anxiety humanity organic foods restaurants social anxiety supermarkets utopia |
ISBN |
1-281-75255-X
0-520-94046-6 9786611752552 0-520-90400-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I. DEBATING THE FUTURE OF FOOD: THE BATTLE OF THE THINK TANKS -- PART II. IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF FOOD: SPECULATIVE FICTION -- PART III. THINGS TO COME: THREE CORNUCOPIAN FUTURES -- POSTSCRIPT -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784419803321 |
Belasco Warren James | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Raise : what 4-H teaches seven million kids and how its lessons could change food and farming forever / / Kiera Butler ; with photographs by Rafael Roy |
Autore | Butler Kiera <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 630.71/1 |
Soggetto topico |
4-H clubs - United States
Agricultural education - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
4-h.
agribusiness agriculture education cargill citizenship clubs corporate sponsorship country county fair dupont education farm animals farmers and farming food science future of food goats head heart hands and health leadership life skills monsanto national institute of food and agriculture pigs positive youth development raising animals responsibility rural sheep social studies teen united states department of agriculture united states of america usda young adult young organizers |
ISBN | 0-520-95898-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- A Note about Reporting -- Introduction -- 1. "I Wanted to Be a Cowgirl" -- 2. Learning by Doing -- 3. "I Do Sheep the Way Other Kids Do Soccer" -- 4. Bringing Up Baby -- 5. The Big Business of 4-H -- 6. "We Are Praying That DuPont Will Continue to Provide for Us" -- 7. Winning Champions Love Root Beer -- 8. Grow 'Em Big -- 9. The Contra Costa County Fair -- 10. The Alameda County Fair -- 11. "It's in My Blood" -- Conclusion: After the Fairs -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791301203321 |
Butler Kiera <1980-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Raise : what 4-H teaches seven million kids and how its lessons could change food and farming forever / / Kiera Butler ; with photographs by Rafael Roy |
Autore | Butler Kiera <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 630.71/1 |
Soggetto topico |
4-H clubs - United States
Agricultural education - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
4-h.
agribusiness agriculture education cargill citizenship clubs corporate sponsorship country county fair dupont education farm animals farmers and farming food science future of food goats head heart hands and health leadership life skills monsanto national institute of food and agriculture pigs positive youth development raising animals responsibility rural sheep social studies teen united states department of agriculture united states of america usda young adult young organizers |
ISBN | 0-520-95898-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- A Note about Reporting -- Introduction -- 1. "I Wanted to Be a Cowgirl" -- 2. Learning by Doing -- 3. "I Do Sheep the Way Other Kids Do Soccer" -- 4. Bringing Up Baby -- 5. The Big Business of 4-H -- 6. "We Are Praying That DuPont Will Continue to Provide for Us" -- 7. Winning Champions Love Root Beer -- 8. Grow 'Em Big -- 9. The Contra Costa County Fair -- 10. The Alameda County Fair -- 11. "It's in My Blood" -- Conclusion: After the Fairs -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826247703321 |
Butler Kiera <1980-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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