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Agricultural urbanism : handbook for building sustainable food & agriculture systems in 21st century cities
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- Creator
- Janine de la Salle & Mark Holland [eds.] with contributors
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- [Winnipeg, Manitoba] ; [Sheffield, VT] : Green Frigate Books ; [Chicago, IL] : Distributed by Independent Publishers Group, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- iii, 250 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780981243429, 0981243428
- OCLC
- ocn457150401
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Foreword / by Michael Ableman -- Vision of a 21st century food system -- Waking from the coma : the end of the 20th century food system -- Agricultural urbanism in a nutshell -- Unit of analysis : the food and agriculture system -- Macro trends, local responses : food and agriculture system planning at the local level -- Agricultural production -- Artisan agriculture -- Food processing, packaging, and distribution -- Food sales : food wholesale and retail -- Food sales : restaurants and food services -- Broad-based education on food and agriculture -- The celebration of food and agriculture -- Food security -- Integrated infrastructure of local food and agriculture / Bud Fraser -- Agricultural urbanism & the human being : intent, program, & scale / Edward Robbins Porter -- Urban and open-space design for food and agriculture / Steven Clarke ... [et al.] -- Food hubs and precincts / Mark Holland & Janine de la Salle -- Thoughtful transitions : integrating food & agriculture in cities / Janine de la Salle -- Economic potential of urban agriculture / Peter Ladner -- Charter for agricultural urbanism / Janine de la Salle & Mark Holland -- Agriculture on the edge : abating urban encroachment by promoting agriculture as an integral element of urbanization / Patrick Condon & Kent Mullinix -- The public opportunity / Bob Ransford -- A path forward : next steps in agricultural urbanism and sustainable food systems / Mark Holland -- Afterword : reflections on my love affair with food / Robert Barrs