Morgan Clendaniel and the good folks at Co.Exist bring us an eyeful of the best examples of the country's new crop of urban farms from a new book by Sarah Rich.
"A new book by Sarah Rich, titled simply Urban Farms,
takes readers on a tour of some of the most interesting and exciting of
these projects around the country. From a farm in Oakland that raises
rabbits for meat to a project in New Orleans that is helping stitch back
the Lower Ninth Ward through the power of agriculture, the book shows
how these city-based gardens are changing the landscape of food in our
cities."
Through the excerpted images and text from the book that appear in the article, you can get a taste of the pioneering produce being grown "in the middle of all the asphalt."
FULL STORY: A Colorful Tour Of America’s Urban Farms
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