The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming

2016-11-15 House & Home

Author : Nicole Faires
Release : 2016-11-15
Genre : House & Home
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 934/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming by : Nicole Faires

Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming written by Nicole Faires. This book was released on 2016-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to maximize your food production in an urban environment. The idea of bringing agriculture into the city has been promoted by many on both sides of the political fence: proponents of sustainability and prevention of climate change as well as those who worry about government and social instability. To address the urgent need for a shift in the way our food is produced, The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming offers a practical education in everything there is to know about city agriculture: how to grow a lot of food in any kind of urban living situation, from apartment to full-scale commercial venture. Subjects covered include: • Small scale vs. large scale agriculture • The economic, social, health, and environmental impacts of urban farming • Making the most of the space available • The latest technologies and developments in agriculture, including: hydroponics, vertical gardening, and aquaponics • Case studies and design concerns for community-based farming • The best plant species for cities and seasons • Beekeeping and small animals • Commercial agriculture and the business side of farming in a city environment This comprehensive guide will introduce readers to the rewarding possibilities of growing their own food, as well as dispel the falsehood that says we need faraway factory farms to produce everything we eat.

Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Cuba

2011 Agriculture and state

Author : Sinan Koont
Release : 2011
Genre : Agriculture and state
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 578/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Cuba written by Sinan Koont. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sinan Koont has spent the last several years researching urban agriculture in Cuba, including field work at many sustainable farms on the island. He tells the story of why and how Cuba was able to turn to urban food production on a large scale with minimal use of chemicals, petroleum, and machinery, and of the successes it achieved--along with the continuing difficulties it still faces in reducing its need for food imports--

Growing a Sustainable City?

2017-01-01 Business & Economics

Author : Christina D. Rosan
Release : 2017-01-01
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 553/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Growing a Sustainable City? written by Christina D. Rosan. This book was released on 2017-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban agriculture offers promising solutions to many different urban problems, such as blighted vacant lots, food insecurity, storm water runoff, and unemployment. These objectives connect to many cities' broader goal of "sustainability," but tensions among stakeholders have started to emerge in cities as urban agriculture is incorporated into the policymaking framework. Growing a Sustainable City? offers a critical analysis of the development of urban agriculture policies and their role in making post-industrial cities more sustainable. Christina Rosan and Hamil Pearsall's intriguing and illuminating case study of Philadelphia reveals how growing in the city has become a symbol of urban economic revitalization, sustainability, and - increasingly - gentrification. Their comprehensive research includes interviews with urban farmers, gardeners, and city officials, and reveals that the transition to "sustainability" is marked by a series of tensions along race, class, and generational lines. The book evaluates the role of urban agriculture in sustainability planning and policy by placing it within the context of a large city struggling to manage competing sustainability objectives. They highlight the challenges and opportunities of institutionalizing urban agriculture into formal city policy. Rosan and Pearsall tell the story of change and growing pains as a city attempts to reinvent itself as sustainable, livable, and economically competitive.

Growing Better Cities

2006 Business & Economics

Author : Luc J. A. Mougeot
Release : 2006
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 260/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Growing Better Cities written by Luc J. A. Mougeot. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying CD-ROM also has titles in French and Spanish.

Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Planning

2016 Nature

Author : Rob Roggema
Release : 2016
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 087/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Planning written by Rob Roggema. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 13 The role of place, community and values in contemporary Israel's urban agriculture -- 14 Population dimensions, land use change and food security in the peri-urban area of Santa-Babadjou, Western Highlands, Cameroon -- 15 UK farming entrepreneurship for food security in an uncertain future -- 16 Experiences of ten European cities collaborating toward sustainable food governance in an URBACT network -- Index

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