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Food and the city : urban agriculture and the new food revolution / Jennifer Cockrall-King.
Van Pelt Library S494.5.U72 C63 2012
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LIBRA S494.5.U72 C63 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cockrall-King, Jennifer, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban agriculture.
- Food supply--Social aspects.
- Food supply.
- Physical Description:
- 372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- An award-winning food journalist examines alternative food systems in cities around the globe and chronicles a game-changing movement, a rebellion against the industrial food behemoth, and a reclaiming of communities to grow, distribute, and eat locally.
- Contents:
- The facade of the modern grocery store
- Industrial food
- Industrial eaters
- A world in food crisis
- The new food movement and the rise of urban agriculture
- Paris: the roots of modern urban agriculture
- London, capital growth
- Southern California and Los Angeles: a tale of two farms
- Vancouver: Canada's left coast
- Toronto: Cabbagetown 2.0
- Milwaukee: growing a social revolution
- Detroit: praying for an economic revolution
- Chicago: the vertical farm
- Cuba: urban agriculture on a national scale
- Conclusion: greening and eating our cities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1616144580
- 9781616144586
- OCLC:
- 726821388
- Publisher Number:
- 99947645888
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