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Farm City (Hardcover)

The Education of an Urban Farmer

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    Novella Carpenter reveals how she transformed a vacant lot near her home in Oakland, California, into a fully functioning farm, complete with livestock and a thriving swarm of honeybees. Carpenter, who grew up on a ranch in Idaho, started with a modest......more

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Novella Carpenter reveals how she transformed a vacant lot near her home in Oakland, California, into a fully functioning farm, complete with livestock and a thriving swarm of honeybees. Carpenter, who grew up on a ranch in Idaho, started with a modest vegetable garden, but soon began using the space to raise ducks, geese, turkeys, chickens, rabbits, and pigs. Of course, we all know what happens to cute, fuzzy creatures down on the farm, and Novella`s riotous tale is punctuated by grimacing incidents of carnage, as she beheads one of her ducks, takes a shovel to a pesky opossum, and watches in horror as one of her pigs is inhumanely slaughtered. While her unusual hobby led to memorable encounters with hungry stray dogs and angry neighbors complaining of the stench, as of 2009, Novella`s remarkable urban farm is still thriving after 10 years, and her compelling and irreverent memoir is sure to enjoy equal success.

Author:
Carpenter, Novella
ISBN:
9781594202216
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
276
Publish Date:
06/11/2009
Publisher:
Penguin Pr

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    Great from the start! I was dreading for the end to come because it was such a fun book! If you are interested or curious with urban farming but are unsure of anything, Read this book!! I live in SF and want to see if I can find this GhostTown!

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  • Starred ReviewThis upbeat account of raising poultry, rabbits, pigs and bees in the middle of a rundown neighborhood in Oakland, Calif., will make listeners either run out to reclaim some vacant lots or cringe at the thought that they might one day live next door to and downwind from such a menagerie. Karen White vividly individualizes the colorful locals, including Bobby (who lives in abandoned cars), the Buddhist monks across the way, the skeptical neighbors, the Chinese landlord and the random foragers who help themselves to Carpenter's bounty. Narrated with cheerful verve, White's performance will charm even those readers without the slightest inclination to get up close and personal with their future meals. A Penguin Press hardcover (Reviews, Apr. 20). (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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