Designing Urban Agriculture

A comprehensive overview of edible landscapes complete with more than 300 full-color photos and illustrations Designing Urban Agriculture is about the intersection of ecology, design, and community. Showcasing projects and designers from around the world who are forging new paths to the sustainable city through urban agriculture landscapes, it creates a dialogue on the ways to invite food back into the city and pave a path to healthier communities and environments. This full-color guide begins with a foundation of ecological principles and the idea that the food shed is part of a city's urban systems network. It outlines a design process based on systems thinking and developed for a lifecycle or regenerative-based approach. It also presents strategies, tools, and guidelines that enable informed decisions on planning, designing, budgeting, constructing, maintaining, marketing, and increasing the sustainability of this re-invented cityscape. Case studies demonstrate the environmental, economic, and social value of these landscapes and reveal paths to a greener and healthier urban environment. This unique and indispensable guide: Details how to plan, design, fund, construct, and leverage the sustainability aspects of the edible landscape typology Covers over a dozen typologies including community gardens, urban farms, edible estates, green roofs and vertical walls, edible school yards, seed to table, food landscapes within parks, plazas, streetscapes and green infrastructure systems and more Explains how to design regenerative edible landscapes that benefit both community and ecology and explores the connections between food, policy, and planning that promote viable food shed systems for more resilient communities Examines the integration of management, maintenance, and operations issues Reveals how to create a business model enterprise that addresses a lifecycle approach

A comprehensive overview of edible landscapes--completewith more than 300 full-color photos and illustrationsDesigning Urban Agriculture is about the intersection ofecology, design, and community. Showcasing projects and designersfrom around the world who are forging new paths to the sustainablecity through urban agriculture landscapes, it creates a dialogue onthe ways to invite food back into the city and pave a path tohealthier communities and environments.This full-color guide begins with a foundation of ecologicalprinciples and the idea that the food shed is part of a city'surban systems network. It outlines a design process based onsystems thinking and developed for a lifecycle orregenerative-based approach. It also presents strategies, toolsand guidelines that enable informed decisions on planningdesigning, budgeting, constructing, maintaining, marketing, andincreasing the sustainability of this re-invented cityscape. Casestudies demonstrate the environmental, economic, and social valueof these landscapes and reveal paths to a greener and healthierurban environment.This unique and indispensable guide:* Details how to plan, design, fund, construct, and leverage thesustainability aspects of the edible landscape typology* Covers over a dozen typologies including community gardensurban farms, edible estates, green roofs and vertical walls, edibleschool yards, seed to table, food landscapes within parks, plazasstreetscapes and green infrastructure systems and more* Explains how to design regenerative edible landscapes thatbenefit both community and ecology and explores the connectionsbetween food, policy, and planning that promote viable food shedsystems for more resilient communities* Examines the integration of management, maintenance, andoperations issues* Reveals how to create a business model enterprise thataddresses a lifecycle approach

Preface viiAcknowledgments ixChapter 1 Food Cities: Ecology + Urban Agriculture 1Lafayette Greens, Detroit 1Bar Agricole, San Francisco 10City Slicker Farms, Oakland 13Viet Village, New Orleans 29Big City Farms, Baltimore 38Chapter 2 Planning Strategies for Urban Food Systems 41Prairie Crossing, Grayslake 41River Falls Eco Village, River Falls 51Verge Sidewalk Garden, Charlottesville 75Scent of Orange, Chongqing 80Chapter 3 Vision, Synthesis, and Form 87Villa Augustus, Dordrecht 87Miller Creek Edible Garden and Outdoor Kitchen, San Rafael 1042001 Market Street, San Francisco 109Gary Comer Youth Center, Chicago 117Chapter 4 Systems Integration and Connections 133Medlock Ames Wine Tasting Room, Healdsburg 133Our School at Blair Grocery, New Orleans 144Incredible Edible House, prototype 156Science Barge, Yonkers, New York 167Banyan Street Manor, Honolulu 177Chapter 5 Lifecycle Operations 181Die Plantage, Munich 181MUSC Urban Fram, Charleston 191Riverpark Farm, Manhattan 202VF Outdoors Campus, Alameda 209Sacred Heart Organic Garden, Atherton 218Slow Food Nation Victory Garden, San Francisco 224Chapter 6 Outreach and Community 227Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta 227Urban Food Jungle, prototype 235Expo 2015, Milan 239Alemany Farms, San Francisco 250P-Patch Gardens, Seattle 253Glide Church, San Francisco 259Gotham Greens, Brooklyn 261Bibliography 267Image credits 271Index 273