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Chapter 1
Planning
From: Farm the City
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The first chapter discusses the process of planning an urban farm. Topics include the importance of clear missions, the necessity of experiential and financial capital to starting successful farms, choosing and accessing land, and finally permitting and policy issues.
Contributors
Michael Ableman
Michael Ableman is the cofounder and director of Sole Food Street Farms and one of the early visionaries of the urban agriculture movement. Ableman has worked as a commercial organic farmer for the last 45 years. He is the founder of the nonprofit Center for Urban Agriculture, and has created high-profile urban farms in Watts and Goleta, California; and Vancouver, British Columbia. Ableman is the author of From the Good Earth (Abrams, 1993), On Good Land (Chronicle Books, 1998), Fields of Plenty (Chronicle Books, 2005), and Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier (Chelsea Green, 2016). For more information about Michael Ableman go to www.michaelableman.com or www.foxglovefarmbc.com For more information about Sole Food Street Farms, read Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier (Chelsea Green, 2016).
