CONTENTS
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1 Food Cities: Ecology + Urban Agriculture 1
Lafayette Greens, Detroit 1
Bar Agricole, San Francisco 10
City Slicker Farms, Oakland 13
Viet Village, New Orleans 29
Big City Farms, Baltimore 38
Chapter 2 Planning Strategies for Urban Food Systems 41
Prairie Crossing, Grayslake 41
River Falls Eco Village, River Falls 51
Verge Sidewalk Garden, Charlottesville 75
Scent of Orange, Chongqing 80
Chapter 3 Vision, Synthesis, and Form 87
Villa Augustus, Dordrecht 87
Miller Creek Edible Garden and Outdoor Kitchen, San Rafael 104
2001 Market Street, San Francisco 109
Gary Comer Youth Center, Chicago 117
Chapter 4 Systems Integration and Connections 133
Medlock Ames Wine Tasting Room, Healdsburg 133
Our School at Blair Grocery, New Orleans 144
Incredible Edible House, prototype 156
Science Barge, Yonkers, New York 167
Banyan Street Manor, Honolulu 177
Chapter 5 Lifecycle Operations 181
Die Plantage, Munich 181
MUSC Urban Fram, Charleston 191
Riverpark Farm, Manhattan 202
VF Outdoors Campus, Alameda 209
Sacred Heart Organic Garden, Atherton 218
Slow Food Nation Victory Garden, San Francisco 224
Chapter 6 Outreach and Community 227
Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta 227
Urban Food Jungle, prototype 235
Expo 2015, Milan 239
Alemany Farms, San Francisco 250
P-Patch Gardens, Seattle 253
Glide Church, San Francisco 259
Gotham Greens, Brooklyn 261
Bibliography 267
Image credits 271
Index 273