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Street Farm is the inspirational account of residents in the notorious Low Track in Vancouver, British Columbia―one of the worst urban slums in North America―who joined together to create an urban farm as a means of addressing the chronic problems in their neighborhood. It is a story of recovery, of land and food, of people, and of the power of farming and nourishing others as a way to heal our world and ourselves.
During the past seven years, Sole Food Street Farms―now North America’s largest urban farm project―has transformed acres of vacant and contaminated urban land into street farms that grow artisan-quality fruits and vegetables. By providing jobs, agricultural training, and inclusion in a community of farmers and food lovers, the Sole Food project has empowered dozens of individuals with limited resources who are managing addiction and chronic mental health problems.
Sole Food’s mission is to encourage small farms in every urban neighborhood so that good food can be accessible to all, and to do so in a manner that allows everyone to participate in the process. 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. 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 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.
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Street Farm Growing Food Jobs and Hope on the Urban Frontier Michael Ableman 9781603586023 Books Reviews :
Street Farm is the inspirational account of residents in the notorious Low Track in Vancouver, British Columbia―one of the worst urban slums in North America―who joined together to create an urban farm as a means of addressing the chronic problems in their neighborhood. It is a story of recovery, of land and food, of people, and of the power of farming and nourishing others as a way to heal our world and ourselves.
During the past seven years, Sole Food Street Farms―now North America’s largest urban farm project―has transformed acres of vacant and contaminated urban land into street farms that grow artisan-quality fruits and vegetables. By providing jobs, agricultural training, and inclusion in a community of farmers and food lovers, the Sole Food project has empowered dozens of individuals with limited resources who are managing addiction and chronic mental health problems.
Sole Food’s mission is to encourage small farms in every urban neighborhood so that good food can be accessible to all, and to do so in a manner that allows everyone to participate in the process. 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. 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 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.
Michael Ableman,Street Farm Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier,Chelsea Green Publishing,1603586024,Agriculture Food,Personal Memoirs,Urban,Urban agriculture - British Columbia - Vancouver,Urban agriculture;British Columbia;Vancouver;Case studies.,Urban agriculture;Vancouver (B.C.);Case studies.,Urban renewal - Vancouver (B.C.),AGRICULTURE (SPECIFIC ASPECTS),ARCHITECTURE / Urban Land Use Planning,Architecture/Urban Land Use Planning,BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs,Biography,Biography Autobiography/Personal Memoirs,Canada,City town planning . architectural aspects,City town planning architectural aspects,Community Resilience,Cultural studies food society,Farming Homesteading,Food society,GARDENING,GARDENING / Regional / Canada,GARDENING / Urban,GENERAL,Gardening Plants,Gardening/Plants,Gardening/Regional - Canada,General Adult,Homelessness,Housing homelessness,Human geography,Non-Fiction,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning Urban Development,Personal Memoirs,Political Science/Public Policy - City Planning Urban Development,Poverty precarity,Poverty unemployment,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture Food,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture Food Policy),SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban,Social Science/Agriculture Food (see also Political Science - Public Policy - Agricultur,Social Science/Human Geography,Social Science/Poverty Homelessness,Social Science/Sociology - Urban,Specialized gardening methods,Sustainable agriculture,TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture,Technology Engineering/Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture,URBAN ECOLOGY,United States,Urban,Urban municipal planning,Urban agriculture - British Columbia - Vancouver,Urban agriculture;British Columbia;Vancouver;Case studies.,Urban agriculture;Vancouver (B.C.);Case studies.,Urban communities,Urban renewal - Vancouver (B.C.),urban farming; nourishing food; agricultural training; Sole Food project; inequality; urban farm management; food philosophy; farming fundamentals,ARCHITECTURE / Urban Land Use Planning,Architecture/Urban Land Use Planning,BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs,Biography Autobiography/Personal Memoirs,GARDENING / Regional / Canada,GARDENING / Urban,Gardening/Regional - Canada,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning Urban Development,Political Science/Public Policy - City Planning Urban Development,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture Food,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture Food Policy),SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban,Social Science/Agriculture Food (see also Political Science - Public Policy - Agricultur,Social Science/Human Geography,Social Science/Poverty Homelessness,Social Science/Sociology - Urban,TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture,Technology Engineering/Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture,Agriculture (Specific Aspects),Canada,Gardening/Plants,City town planning . architectural aspects,Food society,GARDENING,Homelessness,Poverty unemployment,Specialized gardening methods,City town planning architectural aspects,Cultural studies food society,Housing homelessness,Human geography,Poverty precarity,Sustainable agriculture,Urban municipal planning,Urban communities
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