Urban Farming 2nd Ed

by Thomas Fox

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620083024
Publisher:	CompanionHouse Books
Publication date:	11/14/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	24 MB
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About the Author

Thomas Fox is a graduate of Fordham University and Fordham University School of Law. An early experience working at Hargrave Vineyard (now Castello di Borghese), Long Island's pioneer winery, awakened in him an appreciation of the shared health of plants, animals, humans, and ecosystems. A former research editor at Reader's Digest, Fox has been published in The Washington Post, Wine Enthusiast, The Christian Science Monitor, and elsewhere. Fox lives with his family in New Jersey, where he is a passionate gardener and sometime urban farmer.

Table of Contents

Dedication/Acknowledgments 4

Introduction 6

Part I The Big Picture

1 Feeding Our Cities 16

2 Marching to Sustainability on Our Stomachs 50

3 Toward an Urban Farming Future 84

Part II In Your Own Backyard

4 Starting Your Farm 126

5 The Dirt on Dirt (and Other Substrates) 164

6 Vegetable Matters 202

7 Perennial Favorites 256

8 Plant Management 296

9 Urban Livestock 338

Afterword 374

Zone Maps 380

Glossary 382

Notes 384

Resources 399

Index 406

Photo Credits 415

About the Author 416

Interviews

From Texas Gardener:

"Urban farming as a concept strives for sustainability," Thomas Fox explains in the second edition of his award-winning book on the subject. This endeavor derives its organic methods from nature and ultimately aims for healthy lives and overall social wellbeing.

Fox emphasizes "the sheer diversity in farms, farmers, reasons for farming and ways of doing so." The author mines the experiences of many proven small-farm models to unearth insights into the best getting-started practices for improving soil, growing edibles, managing plants, collecting seeds and even raising livestock.

The mention of livestock might raise eyebrows because urban zoning restrictions can present impediments - something Badseed Farm in Kansas found out, for instance. Even an activity as limited in scale as beekeeping might be fraught with many restrictions.

Fox's Urban Farming is packed with helpful advice from root to fruit, including ample profiles of popular veggies. At the top of the author's advice list: "start small and don't quit your day job just yet."