Eat your greens: the surprising power of homegrown leaf crops

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Introduction -- Part I: Balancing our food system. Two out of three cheers: the power of the industrial food system ; Less of the same? The promise of the local food system ; Away from the market: raising food, not money ; Scaling the food mountain: matching the parts of the food system to what they do best. Introduction -- Part I: Balancing our food system. Two out of three cheers: the power of the industrial food system Less of the same? The promise of the local food system Away from the market: raising food, not money Scaling the food mountain: matching the parts of the food system to what they do best. Part II: Getting started. Leafing home: the potential of home grown greens Earthly paradise: creating healthy food gardens Stellar additions: dynamic new leaf crops for the home garden. Part III: Some more advanced techniques. Vegetable versatility: growing multi-purpose leaf crops Two seasons for every purpose under heaven? Growing fresh greens year-round Gardening in 3-D: growing vertical greens Have your cake and eat it too: growing edible cover crops What lasts is not least: preserving the leaf harvest Making both ends meat: concentrating the nutrition of green leaves Recipes: from the garden to the table. Part IV: Looking ahead. Open-source gardening: a new way to share information about food Growing home: held in the light -- Appendix 1: Seeds and supplies -- Appendix 2: Useful websites.