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Darrin Nordahl is the city designer at the Davenport Design Center, which was formed in 2003 as a division of the Community & Economic Development Department of the City of Davenport, Iowa. He has taught in the planning program at the University of California at Berkeley and is the author of My Kind of Transit.

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"Public Produce is a wonderful primer for students, planners, designers, and activists for food security and urban produce. Nordahl's personal and down-to-earth style will educate and inspire the average citizen interested in food policy or urban design, and his expertise in urban issues will give clarity to professional planners and designers on this complex subject."
-- "Landscape Architecture Magazine"

"A thought-provoking work about the food-producing potential of urban public space, and a worthwhile read for everyone who does food policy work."
--Benjamin Thomases "Food Policy Coordinator, City of New York"

"Darrin Nordahl, director of Iowa's Davenport Design Center, has written a paean to urban agriculture in Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture. Nordahl is an advocate of 'fresh produce grown on public land, and thus available to all members of the public-for gathering or gleaning, for purchase or trade.' Nordahl deals effectively with issues such as food literacy, maintenance, and aesthetics."
-- "Planning"

"Nordahl is a visionary who shows how easily cities could promote urban agriculture to the great benefit of all concerned. This book is at the cutting edge of today's food revolution. Read it and get your city council to sign up!"
--Marion Nestle "Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at NYU; author of What to Eat"

"This vital book shows how growing food on public land can transform our civic landscape, sprouting the seeds of biodiversity, sustainability, and community."
--Alice Waters "Chez Panisse"

"What Darrin Nordahl envisions in this lively book is nothing short of a revolutionary way of seeing cities, a kind of 'edible urbanism.' This is a book that will likely shape the urban agenda for years to come."
--Timothy Beatley "Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, University of Virginia"

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