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Novella Carpenter is the author of the 2009 memoir ''Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer''. The book describes her extensive garden in Ghost Town, a run-down neighborhood about a mile from downtown Oakland, California. Farm City was listed by some reviewers as one of the top books of 2009, and it was the 2014 selection of the Marin County Free Library, City Public Libraries of Marin County and Dominican University of California "One Book One Marin" reading program.〔One Book One Marin: ''2014 Selection: Farm City by Novella Carpenter'', http://www.onebookonemarin.org/, accessed 2 May 2014.〕 Carpenter studied biology and English at the University of Washington and graduated from the School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley where she studied with Michael Pollan. She has written for Mother Jones, Salon and SF Gate. She is also the co-author (with Traci Vogel) of ''Don't Jump! The Northwest Winter Blues Survival Guide'', published in 2002 by Sasquatch Books.〔Goodreads.com: ''Community Reviews: "Don't Jump!: The Northwest Winter Blues Survival Guide'"'', Seattle, Wash.: Sasquatch Books, 2002, ISBN 1-57061-266-8, http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/685542.Don_t_Jump_, accessed 5 Jan 2014.〕 In March 2011, the City of Oakland told Carpenter she would have to close her Ghost Town Farm because she was selling excess produce without a permit. In April 2011, after an extensive debate that prompted officials' review of the city's policies regarding urban farming,〔Matthai Kuruvila, Chronicle Staff Writer: "Oakland urban farming prompts plan to redo rules", ''The San Francisco Chronicle'', http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-urban-farming-prompts-plan-to-redo-rules-2372083.php, Published 4:00 am, Sunday, May 8, 2011.〕 Carpenter was granted a Minor Conditional Use Permit for her 4,500-square-foot urban residential plot, allowing her to keep more than 40 animals, including ducks, chickens, rabbits, pigs, and goats.〔James McWilliams: ''Backyard Butchery in the City'', http://james-mcwilliams.com/?tag=novella-carpenter, June 7th, 2012.〕 Carpenter's "how-to" guide for urban farmers, ''The Essential Urban Farmer'', co-authored with Willow Rosenthal, was released by Penguin Press on December 27, 2011.〔Goodreads.com: ''Community Reviews: The Essential Urban Farmer'', Penguin Press, ISBN 978-0-14-311871-8, http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12868467-the-essential-urban-farmer, accessed 5 Jan 2014.〕 A new memoir, ''Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through the Wild Hardcover'', will be released on June 12, 2014, also by Penguin Press.〔Mark Storer: "Author Novella Carpenter explains in Camarillo how she took up farming", ''Ventura County Star'', http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/mar/24/author-explains-how-she-took-up-farming/, posted March 24, 2013.〕〔Penguin Press: ''Summary of Gone Feral'', release date June 12, 2014, 240 pp., ISBN 9781594204432, http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/1,,9781594204432,00.html, accessed 5 Jan 2014.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Novella Carpenter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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