Michael Ableman
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Michael Ableman is an American-Canadian author, organic farmer, educator, advocate for sustainable agriculture, and is considered one of the pioneers of the organic farming and urban agriculture movements [citation needed].
Ableman is the founder of the Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens in Goleta, California where he farmed for 20 years; co-founder and director of Sole Food Street Farms and the charity Cultivate Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia; and founder and director of the Center for Arts, Ecology and Agriculture based at his family home and farm on Salt Spring Island.[1]
Biography
Ableman originally intended to become a photographer. However, in 1972 he joined an agrarian commune east of Ojai, California where he was to eventually manage 100 acres (0.40 km2) of pear and apple orchards.[2] After a time managing a nursery on the coast north of Santa Barbara, in 1981 Ableman took a job grafting orange trees at Fairview Gardens. When the previous manager left, Ableman remained, "farm-sitting," until 2001.[3][4] At its peak the farm served as an important community and education center and a national model for small-scale and urban agriculture, hosting as many as 5000 people per year for tours, classes, festivals, and apprenticeships. Under Ableman's leadership, the farm was saved from development and preserved under one of the earliest and most unusual active agricultural conservation easements of its type in the country.[2]
A frequent speaker at conferences throughout North America, Ableman gave a plenary presentation on the future of farming at the Bioneers conference in 2005.[5]
Works
- Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier. Chelsea Green (2016) [1] Template:ISBN
- Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It. Chronicle Books (2005). Template:ISBN
- On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farmer. Chronicle Books (1998). Template:ISBN
- From the Good Earth: A Celebration of Growing Food Around the World, with Cynthia Wisehart, Sam Bittman. Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, (1993). Template:ISBN
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Michael Ableman | Michael Ableman". www.michaelableman.com. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cooper, Arnie (June 2003). "Earthly Delights: Cultivating A New Agricultural Revolution" (PDF). The Sun Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Michael Ableman". fieldsofplenty.com. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Michael Ableman – Fields of Plenty". Deconstructing Dinner. Global Public Media. February 22, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ^ Collective Heritage Institute (2007) Bioneers 2005 Conference Catalogue[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
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