Farm City
Subtitle: The Education of an Urban Farmer
By: Novella Carpenter
Edition: printing (9)
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780143117285
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Biographies & Memoirs -- Memoirs; Biographies & Memoirs -- Specific Groups -- Women; Professional & Technical -- Professional Science -- Agricultural Sciences; Science -- Agricultural Sciences
Description: When Novella Carpenter -- captivated by the idea of backyard self-sufficiency as the daughter of two back-to-the-earth hippies -- moves to a ramshackle house in inner-city Oakland and discovers a weed-choked, garbage-strewn abandoned lot next door, she closes her eyes and pictures heirloom tomatoes, a beehive, and a chicken coop. 

What starts out as a few egg-laying chickens leads to turkeys, geese, and ducks. And not long after, along came two 300-pound pigs. And no, these charming and eccentric animals aren't pets. Novella is raising these animals for dinner. 

An unforgettably charming memoir, full of hilarious moments, fascinating farmer's tips, and a great deal of heart, Farm City offers a beautiful meditation on what we give up to live the way we do today.
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Notes: US/CAN edition
Table of contents: title: Turkey --; title: Rabbit --; title: Pig.