Integrated Urban Agriculture: Precedents, Practices, Prospects Paperback

Never has such a group of noted urban agriculture scholars been collected together in a single volume.

By Robert L. France (Editor)
Libri Publishing
Jul 1 2016

Edited by R.L. France) explores the production, distribution, and marketing of food within and at the edge of cities as one of the major strategies for ensuring urban resilience and sustainability. Rooted in a rich tradition of self-reliance, integrative urban agriculture is forward looking, focusing on regenerating and connecting places and people in food systems that are socially equitable and environmentally sound. Intended as a ‘one stop shop’ of a veritable who’s who of leading urban agriculture authors, this book brings together seventeen contributions on the design, development, science, and society of this rapidly expanding, multi-disciplinary field. Never has such a group of noted urban agriculture scholars been collected together in a single volume.

Chapters by:

Nevin Cohen (Beyond the Kale: Seeding the Future of Urban Agriculture in New York City); Robert France (Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design); Mark Gorgolewski, June Komisar & Joe Nasr (Carrot City: Designing for Urban Agriculture); Mark Holland and Janine de la Salle (Agricultural Urbanism: Handbook for Building Sustainable Food & Agriculture Systems in 21st Century Cities); Karen Landman (Mourning Nature: Hope at the Heart of Ecological Loss and Grief); Luc Mougeot (AGROPOLIS: The Social, Environmental, and Political Dimensions of Urban Agriculture); Darren Nordahl (Public Produce).

Commentaries by:

Jennifer Cockrall-King (Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution); Betsy Donald (The Rise and Fall of the American Industrial Foodscape); Sarah Elton (Locavore: From Farmers’ Fields to Rooftop Gardens); Lorraine Johnson (City Farmer: Adventures in Urban Food Growth); Kathleen Kevany & Derek Lynch (Plant-based Diets for Succulence and Sustainability); Laura Lawson (City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America); Mark Redwood (Agriculture and Urban Planning); Andre Viljoen & Katrin Bohn (Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes).

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