Writer Novella Carpenter knows more than a little bit about urban gardening. She lives in West Oakland in a place called Ghost Town Farm where she is raising her daughter alongside chickens and pigs and goats. But her back-to-the-land lifestyle has a history. Her father lived -- and still lives -- off the grid, farming and foraging for his food. In her newest book, “Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through the Wild,” Carpenter searches for her father and untangles the idea of what it means to be a family. KALW’s Holly Kernan talked with Carpenter about her urban farm, her father, and her journey to find her roots.
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Learn more about Novella Carpenter at her blog, https://ghosttownfarm.wordpress.com.
