Feeding our cities -- Marching to sustainability on our stomachs -- Toward an urban farming future -- Starting your farm -- The dirt on dirt (and other substrates) -- Vegetable matters -- Perennial favorites -- Plant management -- Urban livestock.
Summary
Urban Farming 2nd Edition walks every city and suburban dweller down the path of self-sustainability. It offers practical advice and inspiration for gardening and farming from a high-rise apartment, participating in a community garden, vertical farming, and converting terraces and other small city spaces into fruitful, vegetableful real estate. This comprehensive guide to urban food growing will answer every up-and-coming urban farmer's questions about how, what, where and why--a new green book for the dedicated citizen seeking to reduce his carbon footprint and grocery bill.
