Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution (42 page)

grocery stores

chains vs. independents,
37
,
52
,
203
–
204
,
244

in Cuba,
287
,
298
,
300

growth in size,
49

historic,
25
–
26
,
33
,
243
–
45

locations in cities,
17
,
202
,
242
,
245

products in,
27
–
30
,
74
,
76
–
77

self-serve,
25
–
27

supply lines,
30
–
31
,
50
–
52
,
74

in UK,
122
,
130

Growing Power, Inc.,
228
–
30
,
232
,
236
,
324

grow lights,
273
–
75
,
277
,
279

Guardian
newspaper (UK),
122

guerilla gardening,
85
,
211
–
12
,
211
,
223
,
319

Guinness Book of World Records
,
285

Haber, Fritz,
39

Haber-Bosch process,
39

Hantz, John,
247
–
62

Harper, Stephen,
205

Harper's
(magazine),
283

Havana,
12
,
287
–
88
,
295

health problems linked to modern diet.
See
diabetes, obesity

herbicides.
See under
chemicals

Heritage Seed Library (UK),
123

Higgins, Darcy,
202

Hill, Benny,
75

Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Garden (Calgary),
219
–
22
,
219
–
20
,
222

Holm, Wendy,
11
,
288
,
297

Holt-Giménez, Eric,
61
,
64

Homestead Act,
252

Honoré, Carl,
75

Horowitz, Ralph,
148
–
49

Howard Area Community Garden,
266

Howard, Luke,
132

Hughes, Paul,
21

hunger

as impetus for change,
72

in US,
19
,
140
,
146

world,
16
,
40
–
41
,
60
–
61
,
204
,
283

hydroponics,
260
,
265
,
271
.
See also
aquaponics

illusion of choice,
27
–
31

India,
15
,
41
,
44
–
45
,
48
–
49
,
66

inflation,
60
,
71

Illinois Institute of Technology,
267
,
280

Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy,
243

Intercultural Community Garden,
168
–
71
,
168
,
171

International Monetary Fund,
64

Iowa,
29
,
51
–
52

Iowa State University,
50

irrigation,
153
,
172
,
193
,
270
,
290
,
303
–
304

Italy,
16
,
75
–
77

Iwasutiak, Adria,
316

Jacobs, Jane,
199

Jacobsohn, Antoine,
91
–
93

Japan,
66

Jardins familiaux du boulevard del’ Hôpital
(Paris),
86
–
89
,
87
,
89

Johnson, Boris,
109
,
138

Johnson, Lorraine,
213
–
15
,
323

Juarez, Rufina,
149

Jungle, The
(Sinclair),
263
,
268

Keedoozle stores,
26

Kelowna,
182
–
87

Kennedy, Scott Hamilton,
149

Kenner, Robert,
33

Khanna, Parag,
42

King, Rodney,
145
–
46

King's Cross (London),
126
–
37
,
135

King's Vegetable Garden (Versailles),
90
–
91
,
92

Kitchen, Tim,
221
–
23

knowledge

farming
17
,
70
,
152
,
174
,
192
,
194

food
19
,
31
,
74
,
78
,
135
,
201
,
245
,
309

Kurasek, Blake,
263

labor

abuses,
239

activists,
149
,
208

availability,
24
,
79
,
186
,
268
,
285
–
86

costs,
38
,
59
–
60
,
264

Lang, Tim,
73

La Quintinie, Jean-Baptiste,
90
–
93

Las Terrazas,
302

Latinos (in the US),
140
,
142
,
146
–
51

Lebanon,
73
–
75

Lee, Kyung Hae,
45

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture,
50

Levenston, Michael,
161
–
68
,
181

local food movements,
14
,
50
,
109
,
137
,
159
,
178
–
82
,
194
,
203
,
280
,
312

locavore,
23
,
78
,
320

London,
15
,
18
–
20
,
102
–
103
,
108
–
109
,
116
,
118

London Evening Standard
,
129

London Food Commission,
73

London Olympic Games (2012),
15
,
20
–
21
,
109
,
137
–
38

Los Angeles,
139
–
42
,
145
–
57
,
147
,
308

Louis XIV,
90
,
94

Louis XV,
91

Lufa Farms (Montreal),
308

Madagascar,
65

malnutrition.
See
nutrition

Malvezin, Armand,
101

manure,
54
,
82
,
84
,
90
,
264

marais system (Paris),
83
–
84
,
90

market gardens,
13
,
82
–
84
,
94
,
191
–
93
,
280
,
291

McCallum, Brian,
328

McKibben, Bill,
283
–
84

medicinal plants,
129
,
148
,
274
,
287
,
290
,
295
–
96

Menzel, Peter,
48

methane,
63
,
124
,
260
,
278

Mexico,
15
–
16
,
41
,
43
,
66

Michigan State University,
254

microclimate (urban),
82
,
90
,
132

Middle East,
60
,
65
,
67
,
70
–
71

Milligan, Patty,
18

Milwaukee, WI,
18
,
227
–
39

Ministry of Agriculture (UK),
115

Moncelli, Corinne,
100

monocrop farming,
24
,
51
,
67
,
99
,
105
,
143
,
153
,
251
,
284

Monsanto,
44
–
45

Moscow (Russia),
107
–
108

multicultural societies,
169
,
201
–
202

multinational corporations,
44
,
64
,
78
,
203
,
288

mushrooms,
231
,
251
,
258
,
261
,
276
–
77
,
279

Nature Capitale (Paris),
95
–
97
,
96

Nestle, Marion,
11
,
325

New Chicago Brewing Company,
276

New City Market (Vancouver),
179
–
82

New Covent Garden Market (London),
128

Newsom, Gavin,
226

New York City,
20
,
31
,
77
,
98

New York Times Magazine
,
228

Nordahl, Darrin,
223
–
26

Not Far from the Tree,
215
–
18

Nuñez, Tito,
301
–
302

nutrition

of children,
201
,
206
,
239
,
245

education,
207
,
236
,
243

of industrial food,
11

in industrialized nations,
48

issues of,
178

malnutrition,
60
,
150

versus profits,
288
–
89

O
(magazine),
228

Obama, Barack,
205

Obama, Michelle,
15

obesity

in Canada,
59

in childhood,
108
,
204

in UK,
108

in US,
19
,
56
–
57
,
140

Oliver, Jamie,
206

Omnivore's Dilemma. See
Pollan, Michael

orchards (public),
17
,
218
,
308

organopónicos
(Cuba),
12
,
287
–
90
,
320

overproduction,
25

oxen in agriculture,
286
,
295
,
296

Pack, Charles Lathrop,
35

palm oil,
65

Paris, France,
15
,
19
,
76
,
81
–
89
,
87
,
89
,
96
,
99
–
102
,
101

Paris Match
(magazine),
100

Patel, Raj,
24
,
56

patented agricultural products,
44
–
46

Paucton, Jean,
100

Paxton, Angela,
75

peak land,
64
–
67
,
80

peak oil,
20
,
55
,
68
–
69
,
80
,
320

peak water,
69
–
70
,
80
,
320

peasant farmers,
45
,
70

Peer Foods building (Chicago),
269
,
271
–
72
,
272
,
275

Peña, Devon G.,
147
–
48

permaculture,
19
,
126
,
304
,
310
–
11
,
320

pesticides, biological,
82
,
286
,
292
,
294

pesticides, chemical.
See
chemicals, in pesticides

Petrini, Carlo,
73
,
75
–
76
,
78

petroleum.
See
fossil fuel

Philadelphia, PA,
193
–
95
,
196

Piggly Wiggly stores,
26

planning, urban,
124
,
178
,
202
,
241
,
271

Plant, The (Chicago),
267
–
279
,
272
,
278
,
327

Pollan, Michael,
11
,
31
,
33
,
77
,
79
,
320

pollination,
43
,
98
–
99
,
124
,
310

pollution (agricultural),
54
,
56

Poltorak, Alex,
267

population growth,
39
–
41
,
43
–
44

Portinari, Folco,
76

Portland (OR),
77
,
160
,
162
,
213
,
215
,
217
,
309

poultry (urban),
53
,
231
.
See also
chickens (urban)

private land ownership vs. public good,
145
,
157

proprietary technologies,
61
,
72

protected agriculture zones,
144
,
179
,
203

public food production,
17
,
20
,
217
–
18
,
222
–
26
,
308
,
312
,
313