Novella Carpenter smiling and holding a jar outside

Novella Carpenter

Adjunct Professor

Instructor
Part-Time Faculty
Kalmanovitz Hall 103
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Biography

Novella Carpenter is the author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer and The Essential Urban Farmer. She attended UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, where she studied with Michael Pollan. She lives in Oakland where she runs GhostTown Farm, a 1/10 of an acre homestead with an orchard, honey bees, chickens, and lots of vegetables.

Appointments

  • Program Director, Urban Agriculture

Education

  • UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism

Selected Publications

  • Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer and The Essential Urban Farmer