Sowing Seeds in the City: Human Dimensions

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction: Planting Seeds....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Food Security and Urban Agriculture....Pages 11-22
Urban Agriculture as a Resiliency Strategy....Pages 23-38
The Long Tradition of Urban Agriculture in the U.S.: And Its Future....Pages 39-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Harvesting Health in the Garden....Pages 65-75
Social Health and Social Capital....Pages 77-87
Urban Gardening Practices and Culture....Pages 89-100
Nature Contact, Health, and the Built Environment....Pages 101-105
A Case Study: Advancing Public Health through Gardens for Healthy Communities (GHC) in New York City: The Role of Anti-obesity Objectives in Urban Agriculture Policy....Pages 107-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Assessing and Communicating the Risks and Benefits of Community Participation in Urban Agriculture....Pages 121-134
Modeling to Predict High Pb Areas....Pages 135-145
Screening for Soil Lead Using a Common Soil Test Method....Pages 147-154
Mechanisms to Reduce Risk Potential....Pages 155-170
A Case Study: Potential Health Risks Posed by Eating Eggs from Free Range Chickens in New York City....Pages 171-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Common Roots: Urban Agriculture’s Potential for Cultivating Deep Democracy....Pages 179-188
Ethics of Urban Agriculture....Pages 189-197
A Case Study: Spatial and Economic Sovereignty: Reclaiming Space and Building Community in Philadelphia One Vacant Lot at a Time....Pages 199-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Case Studies: Urban Food Security Research with a Focus on Methodology....Pages 215-245
A Case Study: Native Perspectives of Gardening....Pages 247-256
A Case Study: Learning Gardens in an Urban Indigenous Community: Expanding the Scope of Learning....Pages 257-268
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
A Case Study: Growing Community through Gardens in Chicago’s Southwest Side....Pages 269-277
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
A Case Study: Intense Urban Agriculture as a Tool to Educate and Build Communities: A Glance at What Farmer Frog Is Doing in the Pacific Northwest....Pages 281-291
A Case Study: Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands: Urban Farm Enterprise Creates Community Connections....Pages 293-301
A Case Study: Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB): Everyone at the Table....Pages 303-315
A Case Study: Seattle Tilth Empowers Urban Youth....Pages 317-326
A Case Study: Community Managed Open Space: Community Greening Resource Network, Baltimore, MD....Pages 327-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
A Case Study: A For-Profit Model of Adult Education at the Williams Street Farmhouse....Pages 339-342
A Case Study: Washington State University Pierce County Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Educators in Home Gardening and Environmental Stewardship....Pages 343-353
A Case Study: Seeds of Hope: An Integrated Vision of the Role of Agriculture for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles....Pages 355-364
A Case Study: Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) Horticulture Programs....Pages 365-383
A Case Study: Integrating Urban Agriculture into the Municipal Infrastructure in Tacoma, WA....Pages 385-400
Back Matter....Pages 401-405