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Public Produce

Cultivating Our Parks, Plazas, and Streets for Healthier Cities

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Darrin Nordahl

    1. Roseville, USA

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  • This substantially revised edition highlights successes and lessons learned over the past five years.

  • Interest in growing food in public places has only gained momentum since the original book was published in 2009.

  • Nordahl provides both inspirational examples from across the United States and Canada, as well as practical guidance to those seeking to implement public produce initiatives.

  • The book gives particular emphasis to solutions to many of the obstacles and objections to projects: funding, maintenance effort, questions about aesthetics, and managing public outreach and education. -

  • Not just a book about growing food, Public Produce looks at the many benefits of this creative approach to public space: revitalizing unused land, connecting residents with their neighborhoods, and promoting healthier lifestyles

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. A Guerilla on Strawberry Street

    • Darrin Nordahl
    Pages 1-15

  3. Food Security

    • Darrin Nordahl
    Pages 17-42

  4. The Cost of Healthy Calories

    • Darrin Nordahl
    Pages 43-53

  5. Public Space, Public Officials, Public Policy

    • Darrin Nordahl
    Pages 55-80

  6. To Glean and Forage in the City

    • Darrin Nordahl
    Pages 81-106

  7. Maintenance and Aesthetics

    • Darrin Nordahl
    Pages 107-143

  8. Food Literacy

    • Darrin Nordahl
    Pages 145-169

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 171-204
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Why plant trees that only provide shade when they could yield fruit as well? Why not take advantage of sunny patches at the outskirts of parking lots to grow carrots and strawberries, free for the harvesting? The idea that public land could be used creatively to grow fresh food for local citizens was beginning to gain traction when Public Produce was first published in 2009, but there were few concrete examples of action. Today, things are different: fruits and vegetables are thriving in parks, plazas, along our streets, and around our civic buildings. This revised edition profiles numerous communities and community officials that are rethinking the role of public space in cities, and how our most revered urban gathering spots might nourish both body and soul. Taking readers from inspiration to implementation, Public Produce is chock full of tantalizing images and hearty lessons for bringing agriculture back into our cities.

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  • Roseville, USA

    Darrin Nordahl

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