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The author, an award-winning food journalist, sought out leaders in the urban-agriculture movement and visited cities successfully dealing with \"food deserts.\" What she found was not just a niche concern of activists but a global movement that cuts across the private and public spheres, economic classes, and cultures. She describes a global movement happening from London and Paris to Vancouver and New York to establish alternatives to the monolithic globally integrated supermarket model. A cadre of forward-looking, innovative people has created growing spaces in cities: on rooftops, backyards, vacant lots, along roadways, and even in \"vertical farms.\" Whether it's a community public orchard supplying the needs of local residents or an urban farm that has reclaimed a derelict inner city lot to grow and sell premium market veggies to restaurant chefs, the urban food revolution is clearly underway and working.This book is an exciting, fascinating chronicle of a game-changing movement, a rebellion against the industrial food behemoth, and a reclaiming of communities to grow, distribute, and eat locally.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781616144586","publication_date":"20120221","publisher":"Globe Pequot Publishing","slug":"food-and-the-city","subtitle":"Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution","title":"Food and the City"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"BUS070010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Agribusiness","score":0.8267,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"TEC003070","confidence_band":"high","label":"Sustainable Agriculture","score":0.8107,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"BUS070120","confidence_band":"medium","label":"The Food Business","score":0.7796,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"BUS070010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Agribusiness","score":0.8267,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"TEC003070","confidence_band":"high","label":"Sustainable Agriculture","score":0.8107,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"BUS070120","confidence_band":"medium","label":"The Food Business","score":0.7796,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"SOC055000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Agriculture & Food Systems","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"TEC003070","confidence_band":"high","label":"Sustainable Agriculture","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Agribusiness","score":0.8267,"slug":"agribusiness"},{"label":"Sustainable Agriculture","score":0.8107,"slug":"sustainable-agriculture"},{"label":"The Food Business","score":0.7796,"slug":"the-food-business"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers interested in urban agriculture and city food systems","Readers exploring alternatives to industrial supermarkets"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Will Allen","Charles Wilson"],"book_id":"9781592407606","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781592407606.jpg?v=07886ade42d4b186","score":0.8069,"title":"The Good Food Revolution","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781592407606"},{"authors":["Lisa Chase","Vern Grubinger"],"book_id":"9781611684216","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781611684216.jpg?v=957b29e14062281d","score":0.7682,"title":"Food, Farms, and Community","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781611684216"},{"authors":["David R. 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