Grow: Stories from the Urban Food Movement
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0996156011 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Grace is a lovely writer and here he puts his mastery to the highest purpose-changing the way we live so that we can take care of our planet." -Helen Thorpe, author of Just Like Us and Soldier Girls "Stephen Grace has written with passion, wisdom, and-yes-grace about the backstory of the food on our plates, and about the people in Denver who are working to bring that story closer to home" -Nick Arvin, author of The Reconstructionist "Stephen Grace serves up generous helpings of nutrient-dense stories of farmers and farming in the gritty urban tangle of a sprawling metropolis, revealing a hidden revolution with the power to quietly heal lives and communities."
Extremely Entertaining, "Must-Read" Book on the Urban Food Movement. Hard to Put Down, and You will Learn Something New! Rhonda Peters This is a fantastic book. Very useful information delivered in an incredibly entertaining style. He is a gifted writer, focused on such an important subject--the urban food movement. I am going to buy 10 copies and give them out to folks for Christmas. I especially loved the stories on Vets and how urban farming has helped them manage PTSD. "From protector to provider". Seriously as I read that section . Stephen Grace has done a great service to the urban food movement by telling this Replace "Denver" and the description of its streets and neighborhoods with the name and description of the city where you live and you'll understand how this is a movement without borders. Carlos, Ash, Matthew the Soil Shaman, Kelly, Jimmy -- they exist in every city in the U.S. and they are doing work just as important as these guys are doing in Denver. Seek them out. Start another chapter of this gran. "Both entertaining and informative!" according to La La in the Library. Wow, not at all what I was expecting! This is a brilliant grouping of stories that are entertaining, heartwarming and insprational, as well as informative. It takes the reader on a journey from where our food begins, to what we can do to be more self reliant in feeding ourselves, even in urban settings. There is a backyard "farming" revolution going on in my city, from "dirtbag" gardening to backyard ch
Stephen Grace is an accomplished author and historian, devoted to both Colorado's museums and its mountains. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. . His novel, "Under Cottonwoods," was a Book Sense 76 selection
While it offers a serious look into the urban food movement, the stories here are funny, inspiring, and, above all else, offer unique and do-able solutions. Grow is the rarest of gems: Grace gives us the stories of those on-the-ground and in-the-dirt and thereby gives us all hope and know-how. A must-read--for everyone." --Laura Pritchett, editor of Going Green and author of Stars Go Blue "In Grow, Stephen Grace serves up generous helpings of nutrient-dense stories of farmers and farming in the gritty urban tangle of a sprawlin