Farm City_ The Education Of An Urban Farmer Part 21

Root, Amos Ives. The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, 40th ed. Medina, OH: The A. I. Root Company, 1990. 40th ed. Medina, OH: The A. I. Root Company, 1990.

Smith, Andrew. The Turkey: An American Story. The Turkey: An American Story. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006.

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GARDEN.

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Tucker, David. Kitchen Gardening in America Kitchen Gardening in America. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1993.

Warner, Sam. To Dwell Is to Garden: A History of Boston's Community Gardens. To Dwell Is to Garden: A History of Boston's Community Gardens. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1987. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1987.

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KITCHEN.

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O'Neill, Molly, ed. American Food Writing: An Anthology. American Food Writing: An Anthology. New York: Literary Cla.s.sics of the United States, 2007. New York: Literary Cla.s.sics of the United States, 2007.

Ruhlman, Michael, and Brian Polcyn. Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing. Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005.

Visser, Margaret. The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners. The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.

LIBRARY.

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Allport, Susan. The Primal Feast: Food, s.e.x, Foraging, and Love. The Primal Feast: Food, s.e.x, Foraging, and Love. New York: Harmony Books, 2000. New York: Harmony Books, 2000.

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Vileisis, Ann. Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes From and Why We Need to Get It Back. Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes From and Why We Need to Get It Back. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2008. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2008.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

Novella Carpenter grew up in rural Idaho and Washington State. She studied biology and English at the University of Washington, where she had many odd jobs, including a.s.sa.s.sin bug handler and 16-millimeter projectionist. After moving to California, she attended UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. Her writing has appeared on salon.com, saveur.com, and sfgate.com (the (the San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle's Web site) and in Mother Jones Mother Jones. Her adventures in urban agriculture began with honeybees and a few chickens, then some turkeys, until she created an urban homestead called GhostTown Farm near downtown Oakland, where she and her boyfriend, Bill, live today.