Growing a Garden City : How Farmers, First Graders, Counselors, Troubled Teens, Foodies, a Homeless Shelter Chef, Single Mothers, and More are Transforming Themselves and Their Neighborhoods Through the Intersection of Local Agriculture and Community (Hardcover)

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Jeremy N Smith; Chad Harder; Sepp Jannotta

Growing a Garden City : How Farmers, First Graders, Counselors, Troubled Teens, Foodies, a Homeless Shelter Chef, Single Mothers, and More are Transforming Themselves and Their Neighborhoods Through the Intersection of Local Agriculture and Community (Hardcover)

Name: Growing a Garden City : How Farmers, First Graders, Counselors, Troubled Teens, Foodies, a Homeless Shelter Chef, Single Mothers, and More are Transforming Themselves and Their Neighborhoods Through the Intersection of Local Agriculture and Community (Hardcover)
Brand: Jeremy N Smith; Chad Harder; Sepp Jannotta
SKU: 14173434
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Fifteen people—plus a class of first graders—tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community...and how they can change yours, too.

Growing a Garden City includes:

Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more
Seven in-depth “How It Works” sections on student farms, community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more
Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national non-profit organizations
Over 80 full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and play

Read Growing a Garden City to:

Learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers
Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own "growing community” anywhere across the country and around the world

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Hardcover
Fiction/nonfiction
Non-Fiction
Genre
Nonfiction
Pub date
20101006
Pages
240
Reading level
Grade 1

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Fifteen people--plus a class of first graders--tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community...and how they can change yours, too.

Growing a Garden City includes:

Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more
Seven in-depth "How It Works" sections on student farms, community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more
Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national non-profit organizations
Over 80 full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and play

Read Growing a Garden City to:

Learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers
Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own "growing community" anywhere across the country and around the world

Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more
Seven in-depth “How It Works” sections on student farms, community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more
Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national non-profit organizations
Over 80 full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and play

Read Growing a Garden City to:

Learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers
Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own "growing community” anywhere across the country and around the world

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Hardcover

Fiction/nonfiction

Non-Fiction

Genre

Nonfiction

Pub date

20101006

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