Bibliograph

Food and the city, urban agriculture and the new food revolution, by Jennifer Cockrall-King

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Food and the city, urban agriculture and the new food revolution, by Jennifer Cockrall-King

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-358) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Food and the city

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

726821388

Responsibility statement

by Jennifer Cockrall-King

Sub title

urban agriculture and the new food revolution

Summary

Discusses how urban agriculture can help revolutionize the environmentally unsustainable modern food industry, providing evidence of thriving urban farms within "food deserts" and describing the global movement towards alternative food production

Table Of Contents

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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