Just One Backyard

Just One Backyard: One Man's Search for Food Sustainability is an entertaining and enlightening tale of how Dr. Zahina-Ramos turned his urban residential backyard into a research study to measure the many benefits of urban agriculture. The first half of the book takes the reader on a journey through the history of food growing, from ancient times through the 21st century, describing how our food supply has become dominated by an industrialized production system that is dependent on unsustainable practices and harms the environment. The second half of the book gets down to the nitty-gritty of what sustainable urban food growing is and the numerous benefits it can give. Several chapters describe the social, environmental, ecological and economic benefits of urban agriculture in a way that has never been possible before- with hard numbers, rather than broad generalizations. Dr. Z lays out solutions that can provide for the needs of the 21st century.