Food and the city : urban agriculture and the new food revolution / by Jennifer Cockrall-King.
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TextPublisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2012Description: 372 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781616144586 (pbk.)
- 363.8 COC 23 015644
- S494.5.U72 C63 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-358) and index.
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.
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