Novella Carpenter
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Novella Carpenter grew up in rural Idaho and Washington State. She majored in biology and English at the University of Washington in Seattle. While attending Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, she studied under Michael Pollan for two years. Her urban farm began with a few chickens, then some bees, until she had a full-blown farm near downtown Oakland.
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Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter avg rating 4.11 — 281 ratings — published 2009 3 editions |
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Don't Jump! The Northwest Winter Blues Survival Guide by Novella Carpenter, Traci Vogel, Alli Arnold avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published 2002 2 editions |
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"No one seemed to think it was odd that a Dumpster-diving urban pig farmer was in their midst. In fact, I came to learn that the restaurant industry was filled with other obsessive freaks like Samin, who would never buy a factory-made pickle. I was just another one of those freaks."
— Novella Carpenter (Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer)
— Novella Carpenter (Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer)
