Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book Farming the City written by Francesca Miazzo and published by Valiz. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Farming the City' investigates the increasingly important phenomenon of urban farming. Not only does it examine food in the city, but also the potential and possibilities for the bottom-up developments occurring in neighbourhoods. Twenty short essays cover a variety of topics, including social advantages, creating wealth locally, small- and large-scale planning, new and sustainable technologies, and policy issues. Also highlighted are 30 project examples, from the transformation of empty spaces in Boston to roof terraces in New York, and from the People's Supermarket in London to cultivation in shipping containers in Rotterdam. It is an essential resource for education, profitability and sustainable innovation.