How to eat better, alternatively, local, organic--the question comes up time and again in the media and from worried citydwellers.
Provisioning cities has a history that dates back to the beginnings of agriculture. Before they had to feed the while planet, the sons of Cain saw to the appetites of citydwellers: discerning gourmets and insatiable gluttons alike.
Authors Paquot and Fumey revisit this long history of feeding cities, the intimate relationship between urban eaters and agriculture. They invite readers to explore possibles paths to self-sufficiency with concrete examples from Paris--which has just opened Europe's biggest urban farm--to the U.S., Letchworth, and even Argentina.