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Public produce : cultivating our parks, plazas, and streets for healthier cities / Darrin Nordahl.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [2014]Copyright date: Washington : Island Press, ©2014Edition: Revised & expanded [edition]Description: xiv, 204 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781610915496 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1610915496 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635.091732 NOR 23 020642
Contents:
A guerilla on strawberry street -- Food security -- The cost of healthy calories -- Public space, public officials, public policy -- To glean and forage in the city -- Maintenance and aesthetics -- Food literacy -- Community health and prosperity.
Summary: "Public Produce captures the momentum that has been building around bringing agriculture back into our cities since the publication of the first edition in 2009. Taking readers from inspiration to implementation, this substantial revision profiles the efforts of many communities rethinking the role of public space, and explores how our urban gathering spots might nourish both body and soul."--
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 635.091732 NOR 020642 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 020642

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index.

A guerilla on strawberry street -- Food security -- The cost of healthy calories -- Public space, public officials, public policy -- To glean and forage in the city -- Maintenance and aesthetics -- Food literacy -- Community health and prosperity.

"Public Produce captures the momentum that has been building around bringing agriculture back into our cities since the publication of the first edition in 2009. Taking readers from inspiration to implementation, this substantial revision profiles the efforts of many communities rethinking the role of public space, and explores how our urban gathering spots might nourish both body and soul."--

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