Reclaiming Our Food: How the Grassroots Food Movement Is

Reclaiming Our Food: How the Grassroots Food Movement Is Changing the Way We Eat
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Named one of "Top 10 Books on the Environment: 2012"(BooklistOnine, Feb 15, 2012).

A quiet revolution is taking place: People across the United States are turning toward local food. Some are doing it because they want more nutritious, less-processed food; some want to preserve the farmland and rural character of their regions; some fear interruptions to the supply of non-local food; some want to support their local economy; and some want safer food with less threat of contamination. But this revolution comes with challenges.

Reclaiming Our Food tells the stories of people across America who are finding new ways to grow, process, and distribute food for their own communities. Their successes offer both inspiration and practical advice.Â

The projects described in this book are cropping up everywhere, from urban lots to rural communities and everywhere in between. In Portland, Oregon, an organization called Growing Gardens installs home gardens for low-income families and hosts follow-up workshops for the owners. Lynchburg Grows, in Lynchburg, Virginia, bought an abandoned 6.5-acre urban greenhouse business and turned it into an organic farm that offers jobs to people with disabilities and sells its food through a localÂ farmers' market and a CSA. Sunburst Trout Farm, a small family business in rural North Carolina, is showing that it's possible to raise fish sustainably and sell to a local market. And in Asheville, North Carolina, Growing Minds is finding ways to help bring fresh foods into schools.Â
Author Tanya Denckla Cobb offers behind-the-scenes profiles of more than 50 food projects across the United States, with lessons and advice straight from their founders and staff. Photographic essays of 11 community food projects, by acclaimed photographer Jason Houston, detail the unusual work of these projects, bringing it to life in unforgettable images.

Reclaiming Our Food Â is a practical guide for building a local food system. Where others have made the case for the local food movement, Reclaiming Our Food shows how communities are actually making it happen. This book offers a wealth of information on how to make local food a practical and affordable part of everyone's daily fare.
Country USA
Brand Storey Publishing
Manufacturer Storey Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781603427999
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781603427999
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Storey Publishing
Manufacturer	Storey Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781603427999
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781603427999
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Reclaiming Our Food: How the Grassroots Food Movement Is Changing the Way We Eat

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