The Community Food Forest Handbook: How to Plan, Organize and Nurture Edible Gathering Places eds. by Catherine Bukowski and John Munsell

Urban Farm DB summary

This is a review of "The Community Food Forest Handbook: How to Plan, Organize and Nurture Edible Gathering Places," edited by Catherine Bukowski and John Munsell (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018, 242 pp.). The book, based on observations, interviews and meetings from around twenty community food forest projects, is described as a scholarly guide explaining the social factors affecting the planning, installation and maintenance of community-scale food forests. The review notes the book's framework of "ingredients" — including function (purpose) and elements — for defining what does and does not constitute a community food forest.