Darrin Nordahl is the city designer at the Davenport Design Center, which was formed in 2003 as a division of the Community & Economic Development Department of the City of Davenport, Iowa. He has taught in the planning program at the University of California at Berkeley and is the author of My Kind of Transit.
"Public Produce is a wonderful primer for students, planners,
designers, and activists for food security and urban produce.
Nordahl's personal and down-to-earth style will educate and inspire
the average citizen interested in food policy or urban design, and
his expertise in urban issues will give clarity to professional
planners and designers on this complex subject."
-- "Landscape Architecture Magazine"
"A thought-provoking work about the food-producing potential of
urban public space, and a worthwhile read for everyone who does
food policy work."
--Benjamin Thomases "Food Policy Coordinator, City of New York"
"Darrin Nordahl, director of Iowa's Davenport Design Center, has
written a paean to urban agriculture in Public Produce: The New
Urban Agriculture. Nordahl is an advocate of 'fresh produce grown
on public land, and thus available to all members of the public-for
gathering or gleaning, for purchase or trade.' Nordahl deals
effectively with issues such as food literacy, maintenance, and
aesthetics."
-- "Planning"
"Nordahl is a visionary who shows how easily cities could promote
urban agriculture to the great benefit of all concerned. This book
is at the cutting edge of today's food revolution. Read it and get
your city council to sign up!"
--Marion Nestle "Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public
Health at NYU; author of What to Eat"
"This vital book shows how growing food on public land can
transform our civic landscape, sprouting the seeds of biodiversity,
sustainability, and community."
--Alice Waters "Chez Panisse"
"What Darrin Nordahl envisions in this lively book is nothing short
of a revolutionary way of seeing cities, a kind of 'edible
urbanism.' This is a book that will likely shape the urban agenda
for years to come."
--Timothy Beatley "Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable
Communities, University of Virginia"
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