Michael Ableman

Author of Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It

About the Author

Michael Ableman, a commercial organic farmer for the past 45 years, is co-founder and director of Sole Food Street Farms. He founded the non-profit Center for Urban Agriculture and has created urban farms in California and Vancouver, BC. He farms with his family, at the historic 120-acre Foxglove show more Farm on Salt Spring Island, BC. show less

Image credit: fieldsofplenty.com

Works by Michael Ableman

On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm (1998) 86 copies, 1 review

From the Good Earth: A Celebration of Growing Food Around the World (1993) 56 copies

Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier (2016) 25 copies

Farm The City: A Toolkit for Setting Up a Successful Urban Farm (2020) 6 copies

Compact Farms: 15 Proven Plans for Market Farms on 5 Acres or Less; Includes Detailed Farm Layouts for Productivity and Efficiency 1 copy

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Birthdate: 20th Century
Gender: male

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SignoraEdie 264 reviews

On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm by Michael Ableman

Outstanding account of author's experience developing an urban farm in Goleta, CA into a productive learning farm and non-profit, Center for Urban Agriculture. Well-written with a pleasant mix of anecdote and data and peppered with fantastic photography!

Mar 30, 2010