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Title:
Urban agriculture / Nancy Dziedzic and Lynn M. Zott, book editors.
Author:
Zott, Lynn M. (Lynn Marie), 1969-

Dziedzic, Nancy G.
Publication Information:
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, ©2012.
Call Number:
S494.5 .U72 U72 2012
Abstract:
This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether urban agriculture helps create food security for poor Americans, whether urban agriculture is sustainable if treated as a legitimate business, and whether urban agriculture provides communities more benefits than just food.
ISBN:
9780737754469

9780737754476
Series:
Opposing viewpoints

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
What is the purpose of urban agriculture? Urban agriculture helps create food security for poor Africans / Aldo Lupala and Volker Kreibich ; Urban agriculture helps create food security for poor Americans / Nina Haletky and Owen Taylor ; Urban agriculture feeds and empowers people / Roger Bybee ; Urban agriculture is really about social justice / Phoebe Connelly and Chelsea Ross ; Cuba provides a model for urban agriculture / Alison Blay-Palmer ; Cuba's urban agriculture model is irrelevant for Americans / Andy Fisher -- Is urban agriculture economically sustainable? The economic success of urban agriculture depends on the farming method / Paule Moustier and George Danso ; Successful urban agriculture requires financial investment / Green for All ; Urban agriculture is sustainable if treated as a legitimate business / Isaiah Thompson ; Cleveland's for-profit urban gardens are growing / Marty Sterpka ; Urban agriculture accounts for a small but important segment of the sustainable food market / Sena Christian ; Commercial urban agriculture faces political barriers / John Gallagher ; Urban farms can compete economically with industrial agriculture / Mike Duff ; The best business model for urban agriculture has yet to be determined / Cheryl Kollin -- How does urban agriculture affect particular groups? Young African Americans are ambivalent about urban agriculture / Krishna Ramanujan ; Latino Americans reconnect with their heritage through urban agriculture / Brenda Becerra ; Urban agriculture represents a women's political movement / Silvia Federici, as told to Max Haiven ; The urban poor need supermarkets, not urban agriculture / Richard Longworth -- What is the future of urban agriculture? Urban agriculture facilitates community building / Shanon C. Kearney ; Urban agriculture poses health and safety issues / John E. Mogk, Sarah Kwiatkowski, and Mary J. Weindorf ; Urban planners should look to community farms for city design models / Domenic Vitiello and Michael Nairn ; Urban farmers collide with city rules / Lynn Horsley ; Urban agriculture provides communities more benefits than just food / Sarah Taylor Lovell ; Urban agriculture will increase national security / Kathryn A. Peters.
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