The field of urban food forestry is rapidly growing, and the list of resources here is by no means exhaustive. Instead, we include a set of resources and websites that were helpful to us in collating information about food forest species, design, growing, and maintenance.
Books
Crawford, M. 2010. Creating a Forest Garden: Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops. Green Books.
Jacke, D. and E. Toensmeier. 2005. Edible Forest Gardens. Chelsea Green Publishing.
Mudge, K., S. Gabriel, and J. Munsell. 2014. Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests. Chelsea Green Publishing.
PFAF. 2013. Edible Trees: A Practical and Inspirational Guide from Plants For A Future on How to Grow and Harvest Trees with Edible and Other Useful Produce. Plants For A Future.
PFAF. 2012. Edible Plants: An Inspirational Guide to Choosing and Growing Unusual Edible Plants. Plants For A Future.
Organizations
Plants for A Future (PFAF). This global charity organization provides an online free-to-use information database for over 8,000 edible and useful plants. Learn more here.
Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP). The Philadelphia Orchard Project is a nonprofit organization that plants and supports community orchards in the City of Philadelphia. Their website has a number of great resources, including information sheets on orchard care, pests and diseases, lesson plans, and recipes. Learn more here.
One Community. This non-profit think tank provides open source resources and solutions “for all aspects of sustainable living”. An open source hub for food forest information specifically is here.
School Projects
The Education Fund. Food Forests for Schools. Learn more here.