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Growing a Garden City: How Farmers, First Graders, Counselors, Troubled Teens, Foodies, a Homeless Shelter Chef, Single Mothers, and More Are
Contributor(s): Smith, Jeremy N. (Author), Harder, Chad (Photographer), Jannotta, Sepp (Photographer)
ISBN: 1616081082     ISBN-13: 9781616081089
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $22.46  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2010
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Gardening | Urban
- Gardening | Garden Design
- Gardening | Vegetables
Dewey: 635.097
LCCN: 2010012369
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 8.32" W x 10.08" (2.14 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
 
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Publisher Description:
Fifteen people--plus a class of first graders--tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community...and how they can change yours, too.

Growing a Garden City 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 Growing a Garden City 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