A majority of the world s population lives in cities. Urban areas have largely been disconnected from the processes associated with producing food. A broad range of community efforts have emerged to reconnect people in urban areas to fresh foods with expected benefits for public health. These efforts can be found in cities across the country and cross both economic and ethnic lines. They have been led by the non- scientific community and are best characterized as social movements. Expansion of agriculture to non- traditional areas including community or kitchen gardens in urban or peri- urban...
A majority of the world s population lives in cities. Urban areas have largely been disconnected from the processes associated with producing food. A ...
Urban agriculture has the potential to change our food systems, enhance habitat in our cities, and to morph urban areas into regions that maximize rather than disrupt ecosystem services. The potential impacts of urban agriculture on a range of ecosystem services including soil and water conservation, waste recycling, climate change mitigation, habitat, and food production is only beginning to be recognized. Those impacts are the focus of this book. Growing food in cities can range from a tomato plant on a terrace to a commercial farm on an abandoned industrial site. Understanding the benefits...
Urban agriculture has the potential to change our food systems, enhance habitat in our cities, and to morph urban areas into regions that maximize rat...
Commercially produced shampoos are loaded with artificial dyes, fragrances, and chemicals that may not only irritate your scalp but could potentially damage your hair. What is the solution? Homemade organic shampoos using all-natural ingredients like coconut milk, almond oil, and essential oils. In this book you will receive the following: An introduction to organic homemade shampoos A collection of homemade shampoo recipes using essential oils Several homemade shampoo recipes for oily hair Several homemade shampoo recipes to moisturize and volumize hair By the time you finish this book you...
Commercially produced shampoos are loaded with artificial dyes, fragrances, and chemicals that may not only irritate your scalp but could potentially ...
This text provides practical advice and support for people involved in working with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). It takes a broad-based approach, aiming to combine pragmatic advice with theoretical underpinning, to provide SEN and classroom teachers with insight into support.
This text provides practical advice and support for people involved in working with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). It takes a broad-ba...
Drawing on interviews and focus groups with young mothers and fathers, their parents and other relatives, this book provides a rich exploration of the experience of being a teenage parent now, and for earlier generations, closely examining teenage pregnancy and parenting in families where two or more generations have been teenage mothers. Brown also explores the cultural and social contexts of teenage parenting by including the views of people who have many years' experience of working with young parents in health, social and welfare settings. The book challenges policy contexts which...
Drawing on interviews and focus groups with young mothers and fathers, their parents and other relatives, this book provides a rich exploration of ...
