Resource for Urban Agriculture – Restoring Brownfields

This book is a free resource for urban agriculture and should be used as a resource guide to help communities understand and learn all the elements of how to reuse land to create healthier communities. The authors of this book work in multiple and varied aspects of land redevelopment and reuse. They are affiliated with the ATSDR Brownfields and Reuse Opportunity Working Network (BROWN). BROWN members have expertise in community engagement, environmental protection, health, housing, agriculture, and development sectors. We all have a common vision to create Healthfields to improve community health through safe land reuse and revitalization. By coming together to write this book, we hope to share with you some of the tools, resources, and successes we use to create healthier places to live, work, and play. In addition to our partnerships with BROWN and others who seek to improve health through land reuse and community revitalization, in 2020, our special certification course, Environmental Health and Land Reuse and Redevelopment Certification Program will be available through NEHA.org.

 

Through this effort, we hope to ensure that environmental professionals, students in public health or planning, and anyone who has a vested interest in community revitalization can build a solid foundation to integrate health in land reuse and redevelopment.

 

Sections of this book are organized around the five steps of the ATSDR 5-step Land Reuse Strategy to improve community health through safe land reuse.