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    The Urban Garden: How One Community Turned Idle Land into a Garden City and How You Can, Too
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    The Urban Garden: How One Community Turned Idle Land into a Garden City and How You Can, Too
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    The Urban Garden: How One Community Turned Idle Land into a Garden City and How You Can, Too

    By Jeremy N. Smith, Chad Harder, Sepp Jannotta and Bill McKibben

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    About this ebook

    Fifteen peopleplus a class of first graderstell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community...and how they can change yours, too.

    Urban Farming Handbook includes:
    Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more
    Seven in-depth How It Works” sections on student farms, community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more
    Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national non-profit organizations
    Over 80 full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and play
    Read Urban Farming Handbook to:
    Learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers
    Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own "growing community” anywhere across the country and around the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse Publishing
    Release dateOct 21, 2014
    ISBN9781632201683
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    The Urban Garden: How One Community Turned Idle Land into a Garden City and How You Can, Too
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    Jeremy N. Smith

    Jeremy N. Smith has written for the Atlantic, Discover, and the New York Times, among many other publications, and has been featured by CNN, NPR, and Wired. His first book, Growing a Garden City, was one of Booklist’s top ten books on the environment for 2011. Born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, he is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Montana. He lives in Missoula, Montana, with his wife and daughter.

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