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Vertical Gardening for Beginners: How To Grow 40 Pounds of Organic Food in a 4×4 Space Without a Yard (vertical gardening, urban gardening, urban homestead, … survival guides, survivalist series)

Vertical Gardening For Beginners: How To Grow 40lbs of Organic Food in a 4 x 4 space Without a Yard Today only, get this amazingly simplistic and very popular book Vertical Gardening for just $2.99 Regularly priced at $4.99. Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device. You’re about to discover how to grow pounds of healthy, sustainable organic foods to keep your family safe from the ever growing GMO epidemic and toxic pesticides, even if you don’t have a yard or just limited by space. Vertical gardening just makes sense. Think about it ‚ do you have enough space in your back yard to be able to cultivate pounds and pounds of precious fruits and vegetables? Even if you do, are you able to keep the zombie population who will take advantage of your good sense in a crisis by raiding your garden and stealing the food out of your family’s mouths ? This type of gardening has many advantages over traditional gardening, and once you discover how easy it is to move away from a traditional horizontally planted garden to a vertical one, you”ll be rewarded with a cornucopia of benefits. Saving space is just one reason. Imagine not having to weed, till, or hurt your back from constant bending over? Plus it’s easier to control pests and harvest fruit more easily. It’s also inexpensive. You can use scrap lumber, old gutters, containers or just about anything laying around the house or yard. More importantly, you’ll have peace of mind knowing your family won’t be forced to stand in long FEMA lines waiting for government handouts when crisis strikes. Here Is A Preview Of What You’ll Learn… How to grow enough food to feed a family of 4 with just 4 square feet of indoor or outdoor space How you can build your very own vertical garden from scratch How to build your vertical garden step-by-stepWhich plants will give you optimal efficiency for the spaceEverything you will need to get your garden set up in a few hours Growing hearty plants on a limited water supplyWhy vertical gardens are more efficient, cost effective and easier than traditional gardensWhich plants produce the best yields and which plants to avoidHow to scale your vertical garden to feed big familiesMuch, much more! Download your copy today! Take action today and download this book for a limited time discount of only $2.99! Tags: Vertical garden, urban gardening, urban farming, urban homestead, container gardening, square foot gardening, apartment gardening, emergency preparedness, survival food

Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution

A global movement to take back our food is growing. The future of farming is in our hands—and in our cities.This book examines alternative food systems in cities around the globe that are shortening their food chains, growing food within their city limits, and taking their “food security” into their own hands. The author, an award-winning food journalist, sought out leaders in the urban-agriculture movement and visited cities successfully dealing with “food deserts.” What she found was not just a niche concern of activists but a global movement that cuts across the private and public spheres, economic classes, and cultures. She describes a global movement happening from London and Paris to Vancouver and New York to establish alternatives to the monolithic globally integrated supermarket model. A cadre of forward-looking, innovative people has created growing spaces in cities: on rooftops, backyards, vacant lots, along roadways, and even in “vertical farms.” Whether it’s a community public orchard supplying the needs of local residents or an urban farm that has reclaimed a derelict inner city lot to grow and sell premium market veggies to restaurant chefs, the urban food revolution is clearly underway and working.This book is an exciting, fascinating chronicle of a game-changing movement, a rebellion against the industrial food behemoth, and a reclaiming of communities to grow, distribute, and eat locally.

The Urban Food Revolution: Changing the Way We Feed Cities

Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic, and health care costs and beset by rising food prices. With only a handful of corporations responsible for the lion’s share of the food on our supermarket shelves, we are incredibly vulnerable to supply chain disruption. The Urban Food Revolution provides a recipe for community food security based on leading innovations across North America. The author draws on his political and business experience to show that we have all the necessary ingredients to ensure that local, fresh sustainable food is affordable and widely available. He describes how cities are bringing food production home by: Growing community through neighborhood gardening, cooking, and composting programs Rebuilding local food processing, storage, and distribution systems Investing in farmers markets and community supported agriculture Reducing obesity through local fresh food initiatives in schools, colleges, and universities Ending inner-city food deserts Producing food locally makes people healthier, alleviates poverty, creates jobs, and makes cities safer and more beautiful. The Urban Food Revolution is an essential resource for anyone who has lost confidence in the global industrial food system and wants practical advice on how to join the local food revolution. Peter Ladner has served two terms as a Vancouver City Councilor. With more than thirty-five years of journalistic experience, he is a frequent speaker on community issues and has a special interest in the intersection of food policy and city planning.