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Why farm the city? Theorizing urban agriculture through a lens of metabolic rift

McClintock N.

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 3(2):191-207

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Theorizes urban agriculture through the metabolic rift framework, arguing it addresses ecological, social and individual rifts by rescaling production, reclaiming vacant land, and de-alienating urban dwellers from their food.