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Notes
1. Zappata Romana. http://www.zappataromana.net/ (accessed 12 may 2013).
2. see http://www.seattle.gov/util/services/Yard/Natural_lawn_&_Garden_Care/Grow
ingfoodintheCity/ (accessed 10 may 2013). for more general and specific information on how
to grow food in the city and to connect with city food growers in australia, the united states,
and New Zealand, see http://cityfoodgrowers.com.au/whats_new.php (accessed 12 November
2012).
3. for information on the history of urban farming in europe and the united states, see
http://www.cityfarmer.info/category/history/ (accessed 12 November 2012).
4. “in Dallas, texas, in 1918 there were 20,000 gardens that produced over 17,500 cans of
vegetables in just a few weeks. The town of marian, indiana, had just 29,000 people and 14,081
gardens—that means that almost every other person in marian had a garden. National-wide
there were 3 million garden plots in 1917, according to the National war Garden Commission.
in 1918, that number increased to 5,285,000 plots. Due to rising education level of gardeners,
these 1918 plots were cultivated more intensely. over 528.5 million pounds of produce has [ sic ]
harvested that year (pack 1919). it was here that the idea of the 'city farmer' was born.” http://
sidewalksprouts.wordpress.com/history/vg/ (accessed 8 may 2013).
5. see, for example, the experiences with community gardens in los angeles (http://lagar
dencouncil.org/0), boston (http://www.bostonnatural.org/communitygardens.htm), seattle
(http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch/), and houston (http://www.houstontx.gov
/health/Community/garden.html). (all accessed 2 may 2013.)
6. see http://nolli.uoregon.edu/disabitato.html. Giovanni battista Nolli created an elabo-
rate plan map of Rome in 1748. The map showed Rome as a mosaic of public and private spac-
es whose boundaries were defined by streets and parks and, more interestingly, by privately
owned interior public spaces. many modern urban planners such as Rowe (1978), Caniggia and
maffei (1979) and habraken (2000) have embraced this approach as a powerful instrument for
urban design and study.
7. typical examples are the gardens outside the Church of san Gregorio on the Celio,
where the monks have given a large plot to mario and his wife for the cultivation of vegetables.
in the Castrense amphitheater by the basilica of the holy Cross of Jerusalem in san Giovanni,
there is another well-kept vegetable garden managed by Cistercian monks. in Via delle sette
sale on Colle oppio, there is a vegetable garden cultivated by nuns of the order of saint Claire.
for a discussion on religious Rome in the early 1900s with some information on convents'
agricultural economy see iozzelli (1985).
8. Roma Natura is the city institution that is responsible for managing the over 16,000 ha
of protected nature within the administrative boundaries of the city. The system includes nine
nature reserves, two regional parks, three natural monuments, and a marine reserve off the
coast of ostia. see www.romanatura.it (accessed 3 November 2012).
9. This is an untranslatable name which refers to the farm's history of cow-rearing.
10. Didactic farms are part of the social and environmental function of farming. in this
way, farms diversify their activities, creating new opportunities for connecting the city and
the countryside. in particular, they offer the possibility of directly experiencing the activities,
the food cycle, animal and vegetable life, the jobs and skills, and the social role of farmers
in educating the public toward responsible consumption, respect for the environment, the
recovery of local traditions, and cultural values. for didactic farms in Rome, see http://www
.fattoriedidatticheroma.it/ (accessed 2 November 2012).
11. The only typology of buildings the city allows on the estate are public utility buildings:
hospitals, schools, theaters, etc.