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Public Produce:

Cultivating Our Parks, Plazas, and Streets for Healthier Cities
  • ISBN-13: 9781610915496
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By Darrin Nordahl
  • Price: AUD $53.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/11/2014
  • Format: Paperback 219 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Gardening [WM]
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Plum and pear trees shade park benches in Kamloops, British Columbia. Tomatoes and cucumbers burst forth from planters at City Hall in Provo, Utah. Strawberries and carrots flourish along the sunny sidewalks of a Los Angeles neighborhood. 
The idea that public land could be used creatively to grow fresh food for local citizens was beginning to gain traction when Public Produce was first published in 2009, but there were few concrete examples of action. Today, things are different: fruits and vegetables are thriving in parks, plazas, along our streets, and around our civic buildings.
This revised edition of Public Produce profiles the many communities and community officials that are rethinking the role of public space in cities, and shows how places as diverse as parking lots and playgrounds can sustain health and happiness through fresh produce. But these efforts produce more than food. Revitalizing urban areas, connecting residents with their neighborhoods, and promoting healthier lifestyles are just a few of the community goods we harvest from growing fruits and vegetables in our public gathering spots.
Taking readers from inspiration to implementation, Public Produce is chock full of tantalizing images and hearty lessons for bringing agriculture back into our cities.
Flashback: Notes on the Updated Edition
Introduction: A Guerrilla on Strawberry Street
 
Chapter 1. Food Security
Chapter 2. The Cost of Healthy Calories
Chapter 3. Public Space, Public Officials, Public Policy
Chapter 4. To Glean and Forage in the City
Chapter 5. Maintenance and Aesthetics
Chapter 6. Food Literacy
 
Conclusion: Community Health and Prosperity
Acknowledgements
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
"As part of a small but growing group of local food advocates that includes Gary Paul Nabhan, Michael Pollan, and Alice Waters, Nordahl has produced a work that approaches the subject from the creative new angle of producing food in very public places."
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