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Author Donahue, Brian, 1955-

Title Reclaiming the commons : community farms & forests in a New England town / Brian Donahue ; foreword by Wes Jackson
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [1999]
©1999

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Description xvii, 329 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Series Yale agrarian studies
Yale agrarian studies.
Contents Foreword / Wes Jackson -- Introduction: Wilderness and Suburbia -- 1. Green Power and Land's Sake -- 2. Market Gardening -- 3. Livestock and Grass -- 4. Tree Crops -- 5. The Town Forest -- 6. Reclaiming the Commons -- App. An Approach to Local Engagement
Summary "This book is a lively account of a community working to combat suburban sprawl, to protect a large part of the landscape as common land, and to enjoy the land productively in an ecologically sustainable way, Based on the practical experience of one New England town, the book urges suburban environmentalists to go beyond preserving open space to actively engaging people with the places where they live."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-324) and index
Subject Collective farms -- Massachusetts -- Weston (Town)
Commons -- Massachusetts -- Weston (Town)
Collective farms -- Massachusetts -- Weston
Commons -- Massachusetts -- Weston
Community forests -- Massachusetts -- Weston (Town)
Community forests -- Massachusetts -- Weston
Land use, Rural -- Environmental aspects -- Massachusetts -- Weston (Town)
Land use, Rural -- Environmental aspects -- Massachusetts -- Weston
LC no. 98049122
ISBN 0300076738 (alk. paper)