Plum and pear trees shade park benches in Kamloops, British Columbia. Tomatoes
and cucumbers burst forth from planters at City Hall in Provo, Utah.
Strawberries and carrots flourish along the sunny sidewalks of a Los Angeles
neighborhood.
The idea that public land could be used creatively to grow fresh food for local
citizens was beginning to gain traction when Public Produce was first published
in 2009, but there were few concrete examples of action. Today, things are
different: fruits and vegetables are thriving in parks, plazas, along our
streets, and around our civic buildings.
This revised edition of Public Produce profiles the many communities and
community officials that are