Publications
Journal Articles
Nathan McClintock, Sophie L. Van Neste, Chantal Gailloux, Florence Barnabé, and Caroline Flory-Célini (2025). Between state-community partnerships and austerity: Everyday networked governance of Montreal’s solidarity greenhouses. Urban Studies. DOI: 10.1177/00420980251398620
Nathan McClintock (2025) ‘Earth work’, Black agrarianism, and urban theory. Urban Geography 47(1):26-40.
Logan Penvern, Éric Duchemin, Louise Vendelac, and Nathan McClintock (2025). Le jardinage comme outil de résilience pour les ménages en insécurité alimentaire en temps de pandémie. Anthropology of Food. (in press)
Émilie Houde-Tremblay, Geneviève Cloutier, Nathan McClintock, and Alain Olivier (2025). Social movements and the circulation of agroecology in Madrid’s policy and sociopolitical landscapes. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. DOI: 10.1177/2399654425139833
Émilie Houde-Tremblay, Geneviève Cloutier, Nathan McClintock, and Alain Olivier (2025). Scaling up agroecology through new municipalism? Promises and pitfalls of experimentation in post-crisis Madrid. Agriculture and Human Values 42:1603-1621.
Nathan McClintock (2024) Of plots and plantations, wilderness and frontiers in The City after Property. Urban Geography 45(5): 912–919.
Nathan McClintock and Georgina Morris (2024) Urban geographies of waste. Urban Geography 45(4)518-527. (equal authorship)
Renaud Hourcade et Nathan McClintock (2023) L’alimentation, un enjeu de justice sociale: Mouvements alimentaires, politiques publiques et inégalités. Lien social et Politiques 90: 5–34.(equal authorship)
Nathan McClintock and Amy K. Coplen (2023) “Helping each other to help ourselves”: Viviane Barnett, the Green Fingers project, and Black agrarian upbuilding in Albina. Oregon Historical Quarterly 124:2. (equal authorship) - winner of the the Oregon Historical Society's 2024 Joel Palmer Award for best article published in the OHQ in 2023 -
Émilie Houde-Tremblay, Geneviève Cloutier, Nathan McClintock, René Audet, and Alain Olivier (2023) Compromise in the making of urban agroecology: Grassroots initiatives and the politics of prefigurative experimentation in Madrid, Spain. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 47(2):972-995.
Nathan McClintock and Stéphane Guimont Marceau (2022) Settler-colonial urbanisms: Convergences, divergences, limits, contestations. Urban Geography 44(2):273-277. (equal authorship)
Eugene McCann, Nathan McClintock and Christiana Miewald (2022) Mobilizing ‘impermaculture’: Temporary urban agriculture and the sustainability fix. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 6(2):952-975. (equal authorship)
Melanie Malone and Nathan McClintock (2022) A critical physical geography of no-till agriculture: Linking degraded environmental quality to conservation policies in an Oregon watershed. The Canadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien 67(1):74-91.
Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham, Nathan McClintock, and Éric Duchemin. (2022). Home-grown food: How do urban form, socio-economic status and ethnicity influence food gardens in Montréal? Applied Geography 145 (102746):1-12.
Nathan McClintock, Christiana Miewald, and Eugene McCann (2021) Governing urban agriculture: Formalization, resistance, and re-visioning in two 'green cities'. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 45(3):498-515. (equal authorship)
Megan Horst, Nathan McClintock, Adrien Baysse-Lainé, Ségolène Darly, Flaminia Paddeu, Coline Perrin, Kristin Reynolds, and Christophe-Toussaint Soulard (2021) Translating land justice through comparison: A US-French dialogue and research agenda. Agriculture and Human Values 38: 865-880.
Claire E. Bach and Nathan McClintock (2021) Reclaiming the city one plot at a time? DIY garden projects, radical democracy, and the politics of spatial appropriation. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 39(5): 859-878. (equal authorship)
Levi Van Sant, Mona Domosh, Elizabeth Hennessy, Mohammed Rafi Arefin, Nathan McClintock, and Sharlene Mollett (2018) Historical geographies of, and for, the present. Progress in Human Geography 44(1):168-188.
Nathan McClintock (2018) Urban agriculture, racial capitalism, and resistance in the settler-colonial city. Geography Compass 12(6):e12373.
Paddeu, Flaminia, Nathan McClintock, et Christophe-Toussaint Soulard (2018) De l’agriculture urbaine à la justice alimentaire : regards critiques franco-américains. Urbanités 10(1).
Gail Langellotto, Andony Melathopolous, Isabella Messer, Aaron Anderson, Nathan McClintock, and Lucas Costner (2018) Garden pollinators and the potential for ecosystem service flow to urban and peri-urban agriculture. Sustainability 10(6):1-16.
Nathan McClintock (2018) Cultivating (a) sustainability capital: Urban agriculture, eco-gentrification, and the uneven valorization of social reproduction. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 108(2):579-590.
Nathan McClintock and Michael Simpson (2018) Stacking functions: Identifying motivational frames guiding urban agriculture organizations and businesses in the United States and Canada. Agriculture and Human Values 35(1):19-39.
Darly, Ségolène and Nathan McClintock (2017) Urban agriculture in the neoliberal city: Critical European perspectives. Introduction to a Themed Section. ACME: A Journal of Critical Geographies 16(2):224-231. (equal authorship)
Darly, Ségolène et Nathan McClintock (2017) Agriculture urbaine et ville néolibérale : perspectives critiques venues d'Europe. Introduction à un dossier thématique. ACME: A Journal of Critical Geographies 16(2):224-231. (equal authorship)
Megan Horst, Nathan McClintock, and Lesli Hoey (2017) The intersection of planning, urban agriculture, and food justice: A review of the literature. Journal of the American Planning Association 83(3):277-295.
Charles Z. Levkoe, Nathan McClintock, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Amy K. Coplen, Jennifer Gaddis, Joann Lo, Felipe Tendick-Matesanz, and Analyse Weiler (2016) Forging links between food chain labor activists and academics. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 6(2):1-14.
Nathan McClintock, Dillon Mahmoudi, Michael Simpson, and Jacinto Pereira Santos (2016) Socio-spatial differentiation in the Sustainable City: A mixed-methods assessment of residential gardens in metropolitan Portland, Oregon, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 148:1-16.
Nathan McClintock (2015) A critical physical geography of urban soil contamination. Geoforum 65:69-85.
Erin Goodling, Jamaal Green, and Nathan McClintock (2015) Uneven development of the sustainable city: Shifting capital in Portland, Oregon. Urban Geography 36(4):504-527. (equal authorship)
Nathan McClintock, Esperanza Pallana, and Heather Wooten (2014) Urban livestock ownership, management, and regulation in the United States: An exploratory survey and research agenda. Land Use Policy 38:426-440.
Rebecca Lave, Matthew Wilson, Elizabeth Barron, Christine Biermann, Mark Carey, Chris Duvall, Leigh Johnson, Maria Lane, Nathan McClintock, Darla Munroe, Rachel Pain, James Proctor, Bruce Rhoads, Morgan Robertson, Jairus Rossi, Nathan Sayre, Gregory Simon, Marc Tadaki, and Christopher Van Dyke (2014) Intervention: Critical physical geography. The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien 58(1):1-10.
Nathan McClintock (2014) Radical, reformist, and garden-variety neoliberal: Coming to terms with urban agriculture’s contradictions. Local Environment 19(2):147-171.
Nathan McClintock, Jenny Cooper, and Snehee Khandeshi (2013) Assessing the potential contribution of vacant land to vegetable production and consumption in Oakland, California. Landscape and Urban Planning 111:46-58.
Nathan McClintock (2012) Assessing soil lead contamination at multiple scales in Oakland, California: Implications for urban agriculture and environmental justice. Applied Geography 35(1-2):460-473.
Nathan McClintock, Heather Wooten, and Alethea Brown (2012) Towards a food policy “first step” in Oakland, California: A food policy council’s efforts to promote urban agriculture zoning. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 2(4):15-42.
Nathan McClintock (2010) Why farm the city? Theorizing urban agriculture through a lens of metabolic rift. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society 3(2):191–207.
Nathan McClintock and Amadou Makhtar Diop (2005) Soil fertility management and compost use in Senegal’s Peanut Basin. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 3(2):79-91.
Book Chapters
Megan Horst, Nathan McClintock, and Lesli Hoey (2024) The intersection of planning, urban agriculture, and food justice. In S. Raja, M. Caton Campbell, A. Judelsohn, B. Born, and A. Morales (eds). Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States: Future Directions for a New Ethic in City Building. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 89-120.
Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham, Michelle Kee, Nathan McClintock, and Tammara Soma. (2023). The Rise of the Urban Food Question in Vancouver and Montreal. In S. Breux and M. Holden (eds) Crossing Paths, Crossing Perspectives : Urban Studies in Quebec and British Columbia. Quebec City: Presses de l’Université Laval, pp. 121-146.
Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham, Michelle Kee, Nathan McClintock, and Tammara Soma. (2023). L’emergence de la question de l’alimentation du milieu urbain à Vancouver et à Montréal. Dans S. Breux and M. Holden (dir.) Regards croisés sur les études urbaines au Québec et en Colombie-Brittanique. Québec : Presses de l’Université Laval, pp. 135-163.
Nathan McClintock (2021) Nullius no more? Valorising vacancy through urban agriculture in the settler-colonial 'green city'. In C. O’Callaghan & C. Di Feliciantonio (eds) The New Urban Ruins: Vacancy, Urban Politics, and International Experiments in the Post-Crisis City. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 91-108.
Emily Becker and Nathan McClintock (2020) The Cost of Low-Hanging Fruit: An Orchard, a Non-Profit, and Changing Community in Portland, Oregon. In A. Alkon, Y. Kato, J. Sbicca (eds) A Recipe for Gentrification: Food, Power, and Resistance in the City. New York: NYU Press, pp. 132-153.
Nathan McClintock (2018) Cultivating (a) Sustainability Capital: Urban Agriculture, Eco-Gentrification, and the Uneven Valorization of Social Reproduction. In N. Heynen (ed) Social Justice and the City. New York: Routledge.
Nathan McClintock, Christiana Miewald, and Eugene McCann (2018) The Politics of Urban Agriculture: Sustainability, Governance, and Contestation. In Andrew E.G. Jonas, Byron Miller, Kevin Ward, and David Wilson (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Spaces of Urban Politics. London: Routledge, pp. 361-374.
Nathan McClintock, Alex Novie, and Matthew Gebhardt (2017) Is It Local... Or Authentic and Exotic? Ethnic Food Carts and Gastropolitan Habitus on Portland's Eastside. In Julian Agyeman, Caitlin Matthews, and Hannah Sobel (eds) Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice: From Loncheras to Lobsta Love. Cambridge: MIT Press, pp. 285-309.
Nathan McClintock (2017) Preface. In Antoinette WinklerPrins (ed) Global Urban Agriculture. Stylus/CABI, pp. xi-xvi.
Jennifer Turner, Nathan McClintock, Monica Cuneo, Alex Novie, and Sally Eck (2016). Who is at the Table? Fostering Anti-Oppression Practice through a Food Justice Dialogue Series. In Jennifer Allen et al. (eds) Sustainable Solutions: Let Knowledge Serve the City. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, pp. 104-119.
Nathan McClintock and Michael Simpson (2016) Cultivating in Cascadia: Comparing Urban Agriculture Policy and Practice in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. In Julie Dawson and Alfonso Morales (eds) Cities of Farmers: Urban Agricultural Practices and Processes. Iowa City: U of Iowa Press, pp. 59-82.
Nathan McClintock (2011) From Industrial Garden to Food Desert: Demarcated Devalution in the Flatlands of Oakland, California. In Alison Alkon and Julian Agyeman (eds) Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability. Cambridge: MIT Press, pp. 89-120.
Nathan McClintock (2006) Senegal's Cooperative Movement. In Rene van Weenhuizen (ed.) Cities Farming for the Future: Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities. Ottawa/Leusden: IDRC/RUAF.
Book Reviews
Nathan McClintock (2022) Book Review / Compte rendu de livre: Shared Histories: Witsuwit’en-Settler Relations in Smithers, British Columbia, 1913 – 1973 by Tyler McCreary (Smithers: Creekstone Press, 2018, 247 pp.). The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien.
Nathan McClintock, Erin McElroy, Manissa Maharawal, Sara Safransky, Rachel Brahinsky, and Alexander Tarr (2022) Book Review Forum: The People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area by Rachel Brahinsky & Alexander Tarr (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019). Urban Geography 43(3): 470-479.
Nathan McClintock (2017) Book Review / Compte rendu de livre: Doing Community-Based Research: Perspectives from the Field by Greg Halseth, Sean Markey, Laura Ryser, and Don Manson (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016, 352 pp.). The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien 61(4).
Nathan McClintock (2017) Book Review: The Portland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City by Lucas N.N. Burke and Judson Jeffries (University of Washington Press, 2016). Southern California Quarterly 99(2):242-244.
Christine C. Caruso, Nathan McClintock, Gail Myers, Evan Weissman, Hank Herrera, Daniel Block & Kristin Reynolds (2016). Book Review Forum: Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City by Kristin Reynolds and Nevin Cohen (University of Georgia Press, 2016). The AAG Review of Books 4(4):234-243.
Nathan McClintock (2014) Book Review: California Cuisine and Just Food. By Sally K. Fairfax, Louise Nelson Dyble, Greig Tor Guthey, Lauren Gwin, Monica Moore, and Jennifer Sokolove (MIT Press, 2012). Pacific Historical Review 83(1):172-173.
Reports / Working Papers
Caroline Flory-Célini, Nathan McClintock, Sophie L. Van Neste. (2025) Infrastructures vertes, gentrification et inclusion : Une revue critique des dynamiques urbaines face aux changements climatiques. Labo Équité Climat, Montréal, Québec. 47 pp.
Nathan McClintock, Magalie Quintal-Marineau, Lucie Cordier, Hubert Demers-Campeau, and Laurie Hétu (2023) Food Security and Food Sovereignty Initiatives in Inuit Nunangat: Preliminary Results of a Scoping Study. Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal, Quebec. 11 pp.
Chantal Gailloux, Nathan McClintock, Sophie L. Van Neste, Jasmin Raymond, Florence Barnabé, Arnaud Beaulac, Geneviève Bordeleau, Hélène Clavelier, Jackson Dos Santos Brito, Caroline Flory-Célini, Brenda Garcia Gonzalez, Didier Haillot, Sophie Lavoie, S., Xavier Léveillée-Dallaire, Emma Mamifarananahary, Florian Maranghi, Danielle Monfet, Louis-César Pasquier, and Sugir Selliah (2023). CommunoSerre : Enjeux sociaux et techniques des serres communautaires urbaines dans les quartiers défavorisés – Une boîte à outils pour praticien.ne.s et décideur.se.s. Rapport de recherche, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montréal, Québec. 42 pp.
Gailloux, C., McClintock, N., Van Neste, S.L., Raymond, J., Barnabé, F., Beaulac, A.,Bordeleau, G., Clavelier, H., Dos Santos Brito, J., Flory-Célini, C., Garcia Gonzalez, B., Haillot, D., Lavoie, S., Léveillée-Dallaire, X., Mamifarananahary, E., Maranghi, F.,Monfet, D., Pasquier, L.-C., Selliah, S. (2023) CommunoSerre: Issues facing urbancommunity greenhouses in disadvantaged neighborhoods - A toolbox for practitioners and decision-makers. Research report, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal, Quebec. 49 pp.
Coralie Gaudreau, Laurence Guillaumie, Charlotte Giard-Laliberté, Nathan McClintock, Sophie Dupéré, & Olivier Boiral (2023). Les serres communautaires au Québec : Un guide pour démystifier les investissements requis et les retombées. Rapport de recherche, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, 36 pp. / Sommaire des résultats. 10 pp.
Éric Duchemin, Logan Penvern, Nathan McClintock, & Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham (2021) Évaluation de l’agriculture urbaine comme infrastructure verte de résilience individuelle et collective face aux changements climatiques et sociaux. Rapport final. AU/Lab, Montréal, QC. 273 pp.
Éric Duchemin & Nathan McClintock (2020) L'apport alimentaire de l'agriculture urbaine sociale aux villes en temps de crise : le cas de Montréal. Carnet de recherche AU/Lab, Montréal, QC.
Laura Combs & Nathan McClintock (2017) Comparing Urban Agriculture in Four Areas of Portland: Mapping & Survey Results. Portland State University, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland, OR.
Glen T. Daigger, Joshua P. Newell, Nancy G. Love, Nathan McClintock, Mary Gardiner, Eugene Mohareb, Megan Horst, Jennifer Blesh, & Anu Ramaswami (2016) Scaling Up Agriculture in City-Regions to Mitigate FEW System Impacts. White Paper developed in support of a NSF-funded workshop held at the School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, October 5-6, 2015.
Nathan McClintock & Michael Simpson (2014) A Survey of Urban Agriculture Organizations and Businesses in the US & Canada: Preliminary Results. Portland State University, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland, OR.
Oakland Food Policy Council (2010) Transforming the Oakland Food System: A Plan for Action. OFPC, Oakland, CA. (contributor)
Public Health Law & Policy (2010) Healthy Food Resource Assessment for Santa Clara County. Public Health Law & Policy, Oakland, CA. (contributor)
Nathan McClintock & Jenny Cooper (2009, revised 2010) Cultivating the Commons: An Assessment of the Potential for Urban Agriculture on Oakland's Public Land. City Slicker Farms / HOPE Collaborative / Food First, Oakland, CA.
Nathan McClintock (2008) From Industrial Garden to Food Desert: Unearthing the Root Structure of Urban Agriculture in Oakland, California. Berkeley: Institute for the Study of Social Change Working Paper No. 32.
Nathan C. McClintock (2005) Compost Production and Use in Sustainable Farming Systems. Center for Environmental Farming Systems Field Notes for Farmers No.1 (NC Cooperative Extension Publication #AG-676-01W).
Nathan C. McClintock (2004) Regenerative Agriculture for Haiti’s Central Plateau—A Sustainable Foundation for Food and Nutrition Security. Zanmi Lasante Paris. French version.
Reference Entries / Case Studies
Darly, Ségolène, Nathan McClintock, Christophe-Toussaint Soulard, and Thomas Maillard (2020) Agriculture urbaine. In Dictionnaire critique de l'anthropocène. Paris: CNRS Éditions, pp. 20-23.
System of rice intensification (SRI) in Mali. Agroecology Case Studies, Oakland Institute/Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
Integrating livestock, agroforestry, organic vegetable production, farmer cooperatives and extension in Rwanda. Agroecology Case Studies, Oakland Institute/Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. Also in French.
The Machobane farming system in Lesotho. Agroecology Case Studies, Oakland Institute/Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
Women’s association for compost and other agroecological practices in Burkina Faso. Agroecology Case Studies, Oakland Institute/Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
Organic cotton production in West Africa. Agroecology Case Studies, Oakland Institute/Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. Also in French.
Nathan McClintock (2010) “Agricultural Extension” In P. Robbins, D. Mulvaney, & J.G. Golson (eds) Green Society. Vol. 3: Green Food. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Nathan McClintock (2008) “Sustainable Agriculture” and “Biotechnology” In R.M. Juang & N. Morrissette (eds). Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio.
N.C. McClintock and I.M. El-Tahir (2004) “Hibiscus sabdariffa (L.)” In G.J.H. Gruebben & L.O. Denton (eds.) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2: Vegetables. Waginengen, The Netherlands: PROTA Foundation, pp. 321-326. (co-authored w/ I.M. El-Tahir)
Nathan C. McClintock (2003) Agroforesty and sustainable resource conservation in Haiti: a case study. NCSU Department of Forestry. Agroforesty Working Paper.
Dissertations / Theses
Cultivation, Capital, and Contamination: Urban Agriculture in Oakland, California. PhD dissertation, UC Berkeley, Department of Geography, 2011.
Production and Use of Compost and Vermicompost in Sustainable Farming Systems. MS thesis, NCSU, Department of Crop Science, 2004.
Other Publications
Mélika Bazin & Éric Duchemin, translated by Nathan McClintock (2021) Urban agriculture, one tomato at a time: A tale of researching home gardens. Comic strip. AU/LAB. BD en français.
Nathan McClintock, Jeremy Young, Jacinto Santos, Taren Evans, and Mike Simpson (2013) The Landscape of Food Production. Metroscape, Institute for Portland Metropolitan Studies, Portland, Summer 2013, pp. 13-19.
Will the Small Farmers Win this Time Around? Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley, October 2007.
Nathan C. McClintock (2006) Regenerative Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Education along the Petite Cote, Senegal. LEISA Magazine for Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture 22(2): 26-27. Also in French (AGRIDAPE 22:2)
Sustainable in Senegal. A 13-story, monthly feature on sustainable agriculture in Senegal. The New Farm, July 2005 - July 2006.
Nathan C. McClintock (2004) Women in Senegalese Peri-Urban Agriculture—The case of Touba Peycouck. Urban Agriculture Magazine 12:25-26. Also in Portuguese.
Nathan C. McClintock (2004) Roselle in Senegal and Mali. LEISA Magazine for Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture 20(1):8-10. Also in French (AGRIDAPE 20:1) and Bahasa Indonesian (SALAM 10:2).
Nathan McClintock, Sophie L. Van Neste, Chantal Gailloux, Florence Barnabé, and Caroline Flory-Célini (2025). Between state-community partnerships and austerity: Everyday networked governance of Montreal’s solidarity greenhouses. Urban Studies. DOI: 10.1177/00420980251398620
Nathan McClintock (2025) ‘Earth work’, Black agrarianism, and urban theory. Urban Geography 47(1):26-40.
Logan Penvern, Éric Duchemin, Louise Vendelac, and Nathan McClintock (2025). Le jardinage comme outil de résilience pour les ménages en insécurité alimentaire en temps de pandémie. Anthropology of Food. (in press)
Émilie Houde-Tremblay, Geneviève Cloutier, Nathan McClintock, and Alain Olivier (2025). Social movements and the circulation of agroecology in Madrid’s policy and sociopolitical landscapes. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. DOI: 10.1177/2399654425139833
Émilie Houde-Tremblay, Geneviève Cloutier, Nathan McClintock, and Alain Olivier (2025). Scaling up agroecology through new municipalism? Promises and pitfalls of experimentation in post-crisis Madrid. Agriculture and Human Values 42:1603-1621.
Nathan McClintock (2024) Of plots and plantations, wilderness and frontiers in The City after Property. Urban Geography 45(5): 912–919.
Nathan McClintock and Georgina Morris (2024) Urban geographies of waste. Urban Geography 45(4)518-527. (equal authorship)
Renaud Hourcade et Nathan McClintock (2023) L’alimentation, un enjeu de justice sociale: Mouvements alimentaires, politiques publiques et inégalités. Lien social et Politiques 90: 5–34.(equal authorship)
Nathan McClintock and Amy K. Coplen (2023) “Helping each other to help ourselves”: Viviane Barnett, the Green Fingers project, and Black agrarian upbuilding in Albina. Oregon Historical Quarterly 124:2. (equal authorship) - winner of the the Oregon Historical Society's 2024 Joel Palmer Award for best article published in the OHQ in 2023 -
Émilie Houde-Tremblay, Geneviève Cloutier, Nathan McClintock, René Audet, and Alain Olivier (2023) Compromise in the making of urban agroecology: Grassroots initiatives and the politics of prefigurative experimentation in Madrid, Spain. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 47(2):972-995.
Nathan McClintock and Stéphane Guimont Marceau (2022) Settler-colonial urbanisms: Convergences, divergences, limits, contestations. Urban Geography 44(2):273-277. (equal authorship)
Eugene McCann, Nathan McClintock and Christiana Miewald (2022) Mobilizing ‘impermaculture’: Temporary urban agriculture and the sustainability fix. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 6(2):952-975. (equal authorship)
Melanie Malone and Nathan McClintock (2022) A critical physical geography of no-till agriculture: Linking degraded environmental quality to conservation policies in an Oregon watershed. The Canadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien 67(1):74-91.
Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham, Nathan McClintock, and Éric Duchemin. (2022). Home-grown food: How do urban form, socio-economic status and ethnicity influence food gardens in Montréal? Applied Geography 145 (102746):1-12.
Nathan McClintock, Christiana Miewald, and Eugene McCann (2021) Governing urban agriculture: Formalization, resistance, and re-visioning in two 'green cities'. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 45(3):498-515. (equal authorship)
Megan Horst, Nathan McClintock, Adrien Baysse-Lainé, Ségolène Darly, Flaminia Paddeu, Coline Perrin, Kristin Reynolds, and Christophe-Toussaint Soulard (2021) Translating land justice through comparison: A US-French dialogue and research agenda. Agriculture and Human Values 38: 865-880.
Claire E. Bach and Nathan McClintock (2021) Reclaiming the city one plot at a time? DIY garden projects, radical democracy, and the politics of spatial appropriation. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 39(5): 859-878. (equal authorship)
Levi Van Sant, Mona Domosh, Elizabeth Hennessy, Mohammed Rafi Arefin, Nathan McClintock, and Sharlene Mollett (2018) Historical geographies of, and for, the present. Progress in Human Geography 44(1):168-188.
Nathan McClintock (2018) Urban agriculture, racial capitalism, and resistance in the settler-colonial city. Geography Compass 12(6):e12373.
Paddeu, Flaminia, Nathan McClintock, et Christophe-Toussaint Soulard (2018) De l’agriculture urbaine à la justice alimentaire : regards critiques franco-américains. Urbanités 10(1).
Gail Langellotto, Andony Melathopolous, Isabella Messer, Aaron Anderson, Nathan McClintock, and Lucas Costner (2018) Garden pollinators and the potential for ecosystem service flow to urban and peri-urban agriculture. Sustainability 10(6):1-16.
Nathan McClintock (2018) Cultivating (a) sustainability capital: Urban agriculture, eco-gentrification, and the uneven valorization of social reproduction. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 108(2):579-590.
Nathan McClintock and Michael Simpson (2018) Stacking functions: Identifying motivational frames guiding urban agriculture organizations and businesses in the United States and Canada. Agriculture and Human Values 35(1):19-39.
Darly, Ségolène and Nathan McClintock (2017) Urban agriculture in the neoliberal city: Critical European perspectives. Introduction to a Themed Section. ACME: A Journal of Critical Geographies 16(2):224-231. (equal authorship)
Darly, Ségolène et Nathan McClintock (2017) Agriculture urbaine et ville néolibérale : perspectives critiques venues d'Europe. Introduction à un dossier thématique. ACME: A Journal of Critical Geographies 16(2):224-231. (equal authorship)
Megan Horst, Nathan McClintock, and Lesli Hoey (2017) The intersection of planning, urban agriculture, and food justice: A review of the literature. Journal of the American Planning Association 83(3):277-295.
Charles Z. Levkoe, Nathan McClintock, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Amy K. Coplen, Jennifer Gaddis, Joann Lo, Felipe Tendick-Matesanz, and Analyse Weiler (2016) Forging links between food chain labor activists and academics. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 6(2):1-14.
Nathan McClintock, Dillon Mahmoudi, Michael Simpson, and Jacinto Pereira Santos (2016) Socio-spatial differentiation in the Sustainable City: A mixed-methods assessment of residential gardens in metropolitan Portland, Oregon, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 148:1-16.
Nathan McClintock (2015) A critical physical geography of urban soil contamination. Geoforum 65:69-85.
Erin Goodling, Jamaal Green, and Nathan McClintock (2015) Uneven development of the sustainable city: Shifting capital in Portland, Oregon. Urban Geography 36(4):504-527. (equal authorship)
Nathan McClintock, Esperanza Pallana, and Heather Wooten (2014) Urban livestock ownership, management, and regulation in the United States: An exploratory survey and research agenda. Land Use Policy 38:426-440.
Rebecca Lave, Matthew Wilson, Elizabeth Barron, Christine Biermann, Mark Carey, Chris Duvall, Leigh Johnson, Maria Lane, Nathan McClintock, Darla Munroe, Rachel Pain, James Proctor, Bruce Rhoads, Morgan Robertson, Jairus Rossi, Nathan Sayre, Gregory Simon, Marc Tadaki, and Christopher Van Dyke (2014) Intervention: Critical physical geography. The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien 58(1):1-10.
Nathan McClintock (2014) Radical, reformist, and garden-variety neoliberal: Coming to terms with urban agriculture’s contradictions. Local Environment 19(2):147-171.
Nathan McClintock, Jenny Cooper, and Snehee Khandeshi (2013) Assessing the potential contribution of vacant land to vegetable production and consumption in Oakland, California. Landscape and Urban Planning 111:46-58.
Nathan McClintock (2012) Assessing soil lead contamination at multiple scales in Oakland, California: Implications for urban agriculture and environmental justice. Applied Geography 35(1-2):460-473.
Nathan McClintock, Heather Wooten, and Alethea Brown (2012) Towards a food policy “first step” in Oakland, California: A food policy council’s efforts to promote urban agriculture zoning. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 2(4):15-42.
Nathan McClintock (2010) Why farm the city? Theorizing urban agriculture through a lens of metabolic rift. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society 3(2):191–207.
Nathan McClintock and Amadou Makhtar Diop (2005) Soil fertility management and compost use in Senegal’s Peanut Basin. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 3(2):79-91.
Book Chapters
Megan Horst, Nathan McClintock, and Lesli Hoey (2024) The intersection of planning, urban agriculture, and food justice. In S. Raja, M. Caton Campbell, A. Judelsohn, B. Born, and A. Morales (eds). Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States: Future Directions for a New Ethic in City Building. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 89-120.
Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham, Michelle Kee, Nathan McClintock, and Tammara Soma. (2023). The Rise of the Urban Food Question in Vancouver and Montreal. In S. Breux and M. Holden (eds) Crossing Paths, Crossing Perspectives : Urban Studies in Quebec and British Columbia. Quebec City: Presses de l’Université Laval, pp. 121-146.
Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham, Michelle Kee, Nathan McClintock, and Tammara Soma. (2023). L’emergence de la question de l’alimentation du milieu urbain à Vancouver et à Montréal. Dans S. Breux and M. Holden (dir.) Regards croisés sur les études urbaines au Québec et en Colombie-Brittanique. Québec : Presses de l’Université Laval, pp. 135-163.
Nathan McClintock (2021) Nullius no more? Valorising vacancy through urban agriculture in the settler-colonial 'green city'. In C. O’Callaghan & C. Di Feliciantonio (eds) The New Urban Ruins: Vacancy, Urban Politics, and International Experiments in the Post-Crisis City. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 91-108.
Emily Becker and Nathan McClintock (2020) The Cost of Low-Hanging Fruit: An Orchard, a Non-Profit, and Changing Community in Portland, Oregon. In A. Alkon, Y. Kato, J. Sbicca (eds) A Recipe for Gentrification: Food, Power, and Resistance in the City. New York: NYU Press, pp. 132-153.
Nathan McClintock (2018) Cultivating (a) Sustainability Capital: Urban Agriculture, Eco-Gentrification, and the Uneven Valorization of Social Reproduction. In N. Heynen (ed) Social Justice and the City. New York: Routledge.
Nathan McClintock, Christiana Miewald, and Eugene McCann (2018) The Politics of Urban Agriculture: Sustainability, Governance, and Contestation. In Andrew E.G. Jonas, Byron Miller, Kevin Ward, and David Wilson (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Spaces of Urban Politics. London: Routledge, pp. 361-374.
Nathan McClintock, Alex Novie, and Matthew Gebhardt (2017) Is It Local... Or Authentic and Exotic? Ethnic Food Carts and Gastropolitan Habitus on Portland's Eastside. In Julian Agyeman, Caitlin Matthews, and Hannah Sobel (eds) Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice: From Loncheras to Lobsta Love. Cambridge: MIT Press, pp. 285-309.
Nathan McClintock (2017) Preface. In Antoinette WinklerPrins (ed) Global Urban Agriculture. Stylus/CABI, pp. xi-xvi.
Jennifer Turner, Nathan McClintock, Monica Cuneo, Alex Novie, and Sally Eck (2016). Who is at the Table? Fostering Anti-Oppression Practice through a Food Justice Dialogue Series. In Jennifer Allen et al. (eds) Sustainable Solutions: Let Knowledge Serve the City. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, pp. 104-119.
Nathan McClintock and Michael Simpson (2016) Cultivating in Cascadia: Comparing Urban Agriculture Policy and Practice in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. In Julie Dawson and Alfonso Morales (eds) Cities of Farmers: Urban Agricultural Practices and Processes. Iowa City: U of Iowa Press, pp. 59-82.
Nathan McClintock (2011) From Industrial Garden to Food Desert: Demarcated Devalution in the Flatlands of Oakland, California. In Alison Alkon and Julian Agyeman (eds) Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability. Cambridge: MIT Press, pp. 89-120.
Nathan McClintock (2006) Senegal's Cooperative Movement. In Rene van Weenhuizen (ed.) Cities Farming for the Future: Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities. Ottawa/Leusden: IDRC/RUAF.
Book Reviews
Nathan McClintock (2022) Book Review / Compte rendu de livre: Shared Histories: Witsuwit’en-Settler Relations in Smithers, British Columbia, 1913 – 1973 by Tyler McCreary (Smithers: Creekstone Press, 2018, 247 pp.). The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien.
Nathan McClintock, Erin McElroy, Manissa Maharawal, Sara Safransky, Rachel Brahinsky, and Alexander Tarr (2022) Book Review Forum: The People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area by Rachel Brahinsky & Alexander Tarr (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019). Urban Geography 43(3): 470-479.
Nathan McClintock (2017) Book Review / Compte rendu de livre: Doing Community-Based Research: Perspectives from the Field by Greg Halseth, Sean Markey, Laura Ryser, and Don Manson (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016, 352 pp.). The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien 61(4).
Nathan McClintock (2017) Book Review: The Portland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City by Lucas N.N. Burke and Judson Jeffries (University of Washington Press, 2016). Southern California Quarterly 99(2):242-244.
Christine C. Caruso, Nathan McClintock, Gail Myers, Evan Weissman, Hank Herrera, Daniel Block & Kristin Reynolds (2016). Book Review Forum: Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City by Kristin Reynolds and Nevin Cohen (University of Georgia Press, 2016). The AAG Review of Books 4(4):234-243.
Nathan McClintock (2014) Book Review: California Cuisine and Just Food. By Sally K. Fairfax, Louise Nelson Dyble, Greig Tor Guthey, Lauren Gwin, Monica Moore, and Jennifer Sokolove (MIT Press, 2012). Pacific Historical Review 83(1):172-173.
Reports / Working Papers
Caroline Flory-Célini, Nathan McClintock, Sophie L. Van Neste. (2025) Infrastructures vertes, gentrification et inclusion : Une revue critique des dynamiques urbaines face aux changements climatiques. Labo Équité Climat, Montréal, Québec. 47 pp.
Nathan McClintock, Magalie Quintal-Marineau, Lucie Cordier, Hubert Demers-Campeau, and Laurie Hétu (2023) Food Security and Food Sovereignty Initiatives in Inuit Nunangat: Preliminary Results of a Scoping Study. Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal, Quebec. 11 pp.
Chantal Gailloux, Nathan McClintock, Sophie L. Van Neste, Jasmin Raymond, Florence Barnabé, Arnaud Beaulac, Geneviève Bordeleau, Hélène Clavelier, Jackson Dos Santos Brito, Caroline Flory-Célini, Brenda Garcia Gonzalez, Didier Haillot, Sophie Lavoie, S., Xavier Léveillée-Dallaire, Emma Mamifarananahary, Florian Maranghi, Danielle Monfet, Louis-César Pasquier, and Sugir Selliah (2023). CommunoSerre : Enjeux sociaux et techniques des serres communautaires urbaines dans les quartiers défavorisés – Une boîte à outils pour praticien.ne.s et décideur.se.s. Rapport de recherche, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montréal, Québec. 42 pp.
Gailloux, C., McClintock, N., Van Neste, S.L., Raymond, J., Barnabé, F., Beaulac, A.,Bordeleau, G., Clavelier, H., Dos Santos Brito, J., Flory-Célini, C., Garcia Gonzalez, B., Haillot, D., Lavoie, S., Léveillée-Dallaire, X., Mamifarananahary, E., Maranghi, F.,Monfet, D., Pasquier, L.-C., Selliah, S. (2023) CommunoSerre: Issues facing urbancommunity greenhouses in disadvantaged neighborhoods - A toolbox for practitioners and decision-makers. Research report, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal, Quebec. 49 pp.
Coralie Gaudreau, Laurence Guillaumie, Charlotte Giard-Laliberté, Nathan McClintock, Sophie Dupéré, & Olivier Boiral (2023). Les serres communautaires au Québec : Un guide pour démystifier les investissements requis et les retombées. Rapport de recherche, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, 36 pp. / Sommaire des résultats. 10 pp.
Éric Duchemin, Logan Penvern, Nathan McClintock, & Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham (2021) Évaluation de l’agriculture urbaine comme infrastructure verte de résilience individuelle et collective face aux changements climatiques et sociaux. Rapport final. AU/Lab, Montréal, QC. 273 pp.
Éric Duchemin & Nathan McClintock (2020) L'apport alimentaire de l'agriculture urbaine sociale aux villes en temps de crise : le cas de Montréal. Carnet de recherche AU/Lab, Montréal, QC.
Laura Combs & Nathan McClintock (2017) Comparing Urban Agriculture in Four Areas of Portland: Mapping & Survey Results. Portland State University, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland, OR.
Glen T. Daigger, Joshua P. Newell, Nancy G. Love, Nathan McClintock, Mary Gardiner, Eugene Mohareb, Megan Horst, Jennifer Blesh, & Anu Ramaswami (2016) Scaling Up Agriculture in City-Regions to Mitigate FEW System Impacts. White Paper developed in support of a NSF-funded workshop held at the School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, October 5-6, 2015.
Nathan McClintock & Michael Simpson (2014) A Survey of Urban Agriculture Organizations and Businesses in the US & Canada: Preliminary Results. Portland State University, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland, OR.
Oakland Food Policy Council (2010) Transforming the Oakland Food System: A Plan for Action. OFPC, Oakland, CA. (contributor)
Public Health Law & Policy (2010) Healthy Food Resource Assessment for Santa Clara County. Public Health Law & Policy, Oakland, CA. (contributor)
Nathan McClintock & Jenny Cooper (2009, revised 2010) Cultivating the Commons: An Assessment of the Potential for Urban Agriculture on Oakland's Public Land. City Slicker Farms / HOPE Collaborative / Food First, Oakland, CA.
Nathan McClintock (2008) From Industrial Garden to Food Desert: Unearthing the Root Structure of Urban Agriculture in Oakland, California. Berkeley: Institute for the Study of Social Change Working Paper No. 32.
Nathan C. McClintock (2005) Compost Production and Use in Sustainable Farming Systems. Center for Environmental Farming Systems Field Notes for Farmers No.1 (NC Cooperative Extension Publication #AG-676-01W).
Nathan C. McClintock (2004) Regenerative Agriculture for Haiti’s Central Plateau—A Sustainable Foundation for Food and Nutrition Security. Zanmi Lasante Paris. French version.
Reference Entries / Case Studies
Darly, Ségolène, Nathan McClintock, Christophe-Toussaint Soulard, and Thomas Maillard (2020) Agriculture urbaine. In Dictionnaire critique de l'anthropocène. Paris: CNRS Éditions, pp. 20-23.
System of rice intensification (SRI) in Mali. Agroecology Case Studies, Oakland Institute/Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
Integrating livestock, agroforestry, organic vegetable production, farmer cooperatives and extension in Rwanda. Agroecology Case Studies, Oakland Institute/Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. Also in French.
The Machobane farming system in Lesotho. Agroecology Case Studies, Oakland Institute/Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
Women’s association for compost and other agroecological practices in Burkina Faso. Agroecology Case Studies, Oakland Institute/Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
Organic cotton production in West Africa. Agroecology Case Studies, Oakland Institute/Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. Also in French.
Nathan McClintock (2010) “Agricultural Extension” In P. Robbins, D. Mulvaney, & J.G. Golson (eds) Green Society. Vol. 3: Green Food. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Nathan McClintock (2008) “Sustainable Agriculture” and “Biotechnology” In R.M. Juang & N. Morrissette (eds). Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio.
N.C. McClintock and I.M. El-Tahir (2004) “Hibiscus sabdariffa (L.)” In G.J.H. Gruebben & L.O. Denton (eds.) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2: Vegetables. Waginengen, The Netherlands: PROTA Foundation, pp. 321-326. (co-authored w/ I.M. El-Tahir)
Nathan C. McClintock (2003) Agroforesty and sustainable resource conservation in Haiti: a case study. NCSU Department of Forestry. Agroforesty Working Paper.
Dissertations / Theses
Cultivation, Capital, and Contamination: Urban Agriculture in Oakland, California. PhD dissertation, UC Berkeley, Department of Geography, 2011.
Production and Use of Compost and Vermicompost in Sustainable Farming Systems. MS thesis, NCSU, Department of Crop Science, 2004.
Other Publications
Mélika Bazin & Éric Duchemin, translated by Nathan McClintock (2021) Urban agriculture, one tomato at a time: A tale of researching home gardens. Comic strip. AU/LAB. BD en français.
Nathan McClintock, Jeremy Young, Jacinto Santos, Taren Evans, and Mike Simpson (2013) The Landscape of Food Production. Metroscape, Institute for Portland Metropolitan Studies, Portland, Summer 2013, pp. 13-19.
Will the Small Farmers Win this Time Around? Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley, October 2007.
Nathan C. McClintock (2006) Regenerative Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Education along the Petite Cote, Senegal. LEISA Magazine for Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture 22(2): 26-27. Also in French (AGRIDAPE 22:2)
Sustainable in Senegal. A 13-story, monthly feature on sustainable agriculture in Senegal. The New Farm, July 2005 - July 2006.
Nathan C. McClintock (2004) Women in Senegalese Peri-Urban Agriculture—The case of Touba Peycouck. Urban Agriculture Magazine 12:25-26. Also in Portuguese.
Nathan C. McClintock (2004) Roselle in Senegal and Mali. LEISA Magazine for Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture 20(1):8-10. Also in French (AGRIDAPE 20:1) and Bahasa Indonesian (SALAM 10:2).
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