FAIR FOOD GROWING A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM FOR ALL
written by Oran B. Hesterman, fl. 2011 (New York, NY: PublicAffairs Books, 2012, originally published 2011), 344 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- A host of books and films in recent years have documented the dangers of our current food system, from chemical runoff to soaring rates of diet-related illness to inhumane treatment of workers and animals. But advice on what to do about it largely begins and ends with the admonition to 'eat local' or 'eat organic.' Fair Food is an enlightening and inspiring guide to changing not only what we eat, but how food is grown, packaged, delivered, marketed, and sold. Oran B. Hesterman shows how our system's dysfunctions are unintended consequences of our emphasis on efficiency, centralization, higher yields, profit, and convenience--and defines the new principles, as well as the concrete steps, necessary to restructuring it. Along the way, he introduces people and organizations across the country who are already doing this work in a number of creative ways, from bringing fresh food to inner cities to fighting for farm workers' rights to putting cows back on the pastures where they belong. He provides a wealth of practical information for readers who want to get more involved.
- Field of Interest
- Food Studies Online
- Author
- Oran B. Hesterman, fl. 2011
- Publisher
- Perseus Books Group
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2011 by Perseus Books Group
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2011
- Page Count
- 344
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs Books
- Place Published / Released
- New York, NY
- Subject
- Food Studies Online, Social Sciences, Food Systems, Food Policy, Food Movements, Agricultural policy, Food industry, Food supply, Sustainable agriculture, Sistemas Alimentares, Lebensmittelpolitik, Políticas de Alimentação, Políticas de Alimentación, Movimientos, Movimentos, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Sistemas Alimentares, Lebensmittelpolitik, Políticas de Alimentação, Políticas de Alimentación, Movimientos, Movimentos