Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Description
In a neglected Oakland lot beside her urban home, a city-loving writer begins transforming refuse and weeds into a working farm, raising vegetables, bees, poultry, rabbits, and livestock. What starts as an experiment in self-sufficiency becomes an immersive education in food, labor, neighborhood life, and the complicated ethics of growing and raising what we eat. Along the way, the farm brings her into contact with an unforgettable cast of neighbors and reveals unexpected connections between urban communities and the natural world. Warm, candid, and often humorous, this memoir explores the tensions between modern city living and a more grounded, sustainable way of life.
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hardcover
Penguin Press
Published Jan 1, 2009
276 pages
ISBN: 9781594202216
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First Published
2009
Language
eng
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