Overview
A look at the growing power of local efforts across America to say no to the industrial food system and yes to self-reliance, better health, and community. Agribusiness giants don't want you to know-or care-if the food you eat is genetically modified, factory farmed, or grown with toxic chemicals. But the rapidly growing alternative food movement is resisting these practices and helping people reclaim their connections to their food. A forty-year veteran of this movement, Mark Winne introduces us to innovative ""local doers"" defying industrial agribusiness and leading the charge to bring nutritious, sustainable, and affordable food to all. All across the country, these leaders are turning urban wastelands into farms, creating local dairy collectives, preserving farmland, bringing food education to children and adults in diabetes-prone neighborhoods, promoting food democracy, and empowering communities. Winne's hope is that all of these efforts, scaled up and adopted more widely, will ultimately allow the alternative food system to dethrone the industrial-and he challenges us to go beyond eating local to become part of a larger solution, demanding a system that sustains body and soul.
Full Product Details
Author: Mark Winne
Publisher: Beacon Press
Imprint: Beacon Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.80cm
Weight: 0.255kg
ISBN: 9780807047378
ISBN 10: 0807047376
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 11 October 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This book is a lively, personal journey through one man's efforts to make sustainably grown food available and affordable for regular folks. It's a heartening but realistic take on what needs to happen--emphasis on need! Bravo, Mark! <br>--Meryl Streep <br> A good combination of solid research and affirmative testimonials. <br>-- Kirkus Reviews <br> Food Rebels tells the stories of unsung heroes in the food movement--everyday people who realized that they had the power to change the way food and farming work in their communities and in the world, and did something about it. With these stories, Mark Winne inspires us and challenges us to take a stand for good, clean, fair, and affordable food for all. <br>--Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA <br> It's rare for a single voice to speak so clearly to the many points of our lives that are touched by food. Mark's approach is simple, humble, truthful, eloquent, and powerful. With stories ranging from Native American com
This book is a lively, personal journey through one man's efforts to make sustainably grown food available and affordable for regular folks. It's a heartening but realistic take on what needs to happen--emphasis on @lt;i@gt;need!@lt;/i@gt; Bravo, Mark! @lt;br@gt;--Meryl Streep@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; A good combination of solid research and affirmative testimonials. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;Kirkus Reviews@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;i@gt;Food Rebels@lt;/i@gt; tells the stories of unsung heroes in the food movement--everyday people who realized that they had the power to change the way food and farming work in their communities and in the world, and did something about it. With these stories, Mark Winne inspires us and challenges us to take a stand for good, clean, fair, and affordable food for all. @lt;b@gt;@lt;br@gt;--@lt;/b@gt;Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; It's rare for a single voice to speak so clearly to the many points of our lives that are touched
This book is a lively, personal journey through one man's efforts to make sustainably grown food available and affordable for regular folks. It's a heartening but realistic take on what needs to happen-emphasis on need! Bravo, Mark! -Meryl Streep A good combination of solid research and affirmative testimonials. -Kirkus Reviews Food Rebels tells the stories of unsung heroes in the food movement-everyday people who realized that they had the power to change the way food and farming work in their communities and in the world, and did something about it. With these stories, Mark Winne inspires us and challenges us to take a stand for good, clean, fair, and affordable food for all. -Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA It's rare for a single voice to speak so clearly to the many points of our lives that are touched by food. Mark's approach is simple, humble, truthful, eloquent, and powerful. With stories ranging from Native American communities to Korea, Mark's work proves the global importance and impact of food. -Michel Nischan, chef and president/CEO of Wholesome Wave Aside from having one the best book titles of the year, this is one tome you'll want to gobble up if you worry about the pernicious effects of the industrial food system on our health, democracy, and souls. -Santa Fe Literary News To Santa Fe food activist Mark Winne, the food on our plates is about democracy. It's about having food choices - ones that Winne thinks industrial agriculture is systematically reducing.Whether it is the fight over genetically modified seeds or who benefits from the massive federal Farm Bill, Winne thinks this food fight is one all consumers need to join in... -The Santa Fe New Mexican Mark Winne has been working in the galleys of the U.S. food movement for 40 years, before there was a food movement of any note. He's a social movement guy as much as a foodie guy. The title of his new book -Food Rebels, Guerilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin' Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture - shows the role his warm and quirky sense of humor plays in allowing him to stay active in grassroots organizations for so long... -www.wayneroberts.ca
Author Information
For twenty-five years, Mark Winne was the executive director of the Hartford Food System in Hartford, Connecticut. He speaks and consults extensively on community food-system topics and has written for a wide range of publications, from the Washington Post, the Nation, and Boston Globe to Successful Farming. Winne is the author of Closing the Food Gap.
