Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (757 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603586024 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Street Farm will inspire individuals and communities everywhere by providing a clear vision for combining innovative farming methods with concrete social goals, all of which aim to create healthier and more resilient communities.. Throughout, he also weaves his philosophy and insights about food and farming, as well as the fundamentals that are the underpinnings of success for both rural farms and urban farms. Street Farm is the inspirational account of residents in the notorious Low Track in Vancouver, British Columbiaone of the worst urban slums in North Americawho joined together to create an urban farm as a means of addressing the chronic problems in their neighborhood. In Street Farm, author-photographer-farmer Michael Ableman chronicles the challenges, growth, and success of this groundbreaking project and presents compelling portraits of the neighborhood residents-turned-farmers whose lives have been touched by it. By providing jo
Candid about the difficulties of creating flourishing farms on hot pavements and of making reliable farm workers of dispirited locals who struggle not only with poverty but with assorted personal demons, Ableman has written an important, inspiring, and bravely honest book.”--Joan Gussow, author of Growing, Older and This Organic Life “From skid row to rows of food: Michael Ableman’s interwoven growing skills and people empowerment are beautifully illustrated here by ‘ground zero’ spaces transformed to market gardens. He is one of the pioneers of small-scale urban farming, growing quality
A true story of transcendence and the power of second chances This book reveals the deep connection we all have to nature and to meaningful work and the power of both to redeem our lives. It reads almost like a mystery, keeping us in suspense as Ableman and his fellow farmers encounter never ending challenges that many times appear to be insurmountable. Told with engaging prose and evocative photographs Ableman's story is one of recove
Michael Ableman, the cofounder and director of Sole Food Street Farms, is one of the early visionaries of the urban agriculture movement. His previous books include From the Good Earth, On Good Land, and Fields of Plenty. Ableman has also worked on and advised dozens of similar projects throughout North America