“Those who know and love these gardens will appreciate this lavishly illustrated book. Professionals looking to adapt Seattle’s community gardening model elsewhere will find a useful template.” – Seattle City Living

Greening Cities, Growing Communities: Learning from Seattle’s Urban Community Gardens

by Jeffrey Hou, Julie M. Johnson, Laura J. Lawson
University of Washington Press (Oct 2009)

Although there are thousands of community gardens across North America, only Seattle and a few other cities include them in their urban development plans. While the conditions and experiences in Seattle may be unique, the city’s programs offer insights and lessons for other cities and communities. Greening Cities, Growing Communities examines:

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For Azure’s 25th anniversary, we explore the role of design in an all-consuming subject. There’s a profound shift taking place in the realm of what we eat, how we eat it, and the social and political climate around food.

The Urban Farm

By Lloyd Alter
May 2010

Excerpt:

A new model for food production suggests we’ll be growing more of what we eat, right where most of us live: in the city.

Michael Pollan famously distilled his recommendations for a modern diet down to seven words: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Con trary to his prescription, delivered succinctly in his latest book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, our current food system excels at delivering manufactured products in supersized portions, mostly corn, fat and meat.

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