Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival

by Edwin Marty, David Hanson, Michael Hanson

Book Overview

People have always grown food in urban spaces--on windowsills and sidewalks, and in backyards and neighborhood parks--but today, urban farmers are leading an environmental and social movement that transforms our national food system. To explore this agricultural renaissance, brothers David and Michael Hanson and urban farmer Edwin Marty document twelve successful urban farm programs, from an alternative school for girls in Detroit, to a backyard food...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520270541
• ISBN13: 9780520270541
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 9.3"