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Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution

By: Jennifer Cockrall-King

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Prometheus: February 2012

Seller ID: 263832

ISBN: 1616144580

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

A global movement to take back our food is growing. The future of farming is in our hands--and in our cities. When you're standing in the midst of a supermarket, it's hard to imagine that you're looking at a failing industrial food system. The abundance all around you looks impressive but is really a facade. In fact, there's just a three-day supply of food available for any given city due to complex, just-in-time international supply chains. The system is not only vulnerable, given the reality of food scares, international crises, terrorist attacks, economic upheavals, and natural disaster...
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