@article{Zurayk_2010, place={Ithaca, NY, USA}, title={GLOBAL VIEWS OF LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS: From Incidental to Essential: Urban Agriculture in the Middle East}, volume={1}, url={https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/23}, DOI={10.5304/jafscd.2010.012.001}, abstractNote={<p><em>First paragraph:</em></p> <p>There is a huge mall overflowing with high-ticket brands right opposite my house, in one of the busiest neighborhoods of Amman, the capital of Jordan. It sits exactly where, eight years ago, I helped an old farmer harvest his wheat field. But this is not an unusual event in Amman. Less than a mile away, in the posh neighborhood of Abdoun, there is a carefully tended field of cauliflowers opposite one of the European embassies. A couple of miles away, in the valley behind the U.S. Embassy, a flock of sheep grazes the barren steppe.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development}, author={Zurayk, Rami}, year={2010}, month={Dec.}, pages={13–15} }