Farming the City: Food as a tool for today’s urbanisation

Just released: the publication Farming the City about how to use food as a tool for today's urbanisation by employing effective and achievable small-scale local solutions. Yes, we live in challenging times, but we do not seek to alarm or demoralise our readers. Yes, 75 per cent of us will be living in cities by 2050, and we face serious issues regarding food miles, foodprints and CO2 emissions. But many of us have heard this story too many times and find global challenges too abstract, too remote and very difficult to solve in doable, practical ways.  This book, however, offers affordable, achievable solutions. Farming the City investigates the impact of local food initiatives and urban agriculture on our built environment, economic systems and community cohesion. It is about what we can do now to pave the way towards a locally-driven, equitable, post-carbon society. Editors: CITIES (a research platform which aims to empower and support urban communities with the will to drive innovation in city life, policy and practice). Published by: Trancity * Valiz.