Why we need small cowsAn unusual academic pledge in which 27 authors explore in 16 articles the potential to grow food in the city. The history of the food map is drawn in the first two chapters. New food maps are subse quently developed in six chapters, spread over the book, for Amsterdam and Rotterdam in the Neth erlands, Middlesbrough in the UK, Cantagalo in Brazil and Bendigo Creek in Australia. One chapter investigates the suitability of suburbs for the new food map