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A Nation Of Farmers : Defeating The Food Crisis On American Soil

Attribution
Sharon Astyk & Aaron Newton
Publication Details
Book, New Society Publishers, 2009
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Description
More Americans than ever before require food stamps and food pantries just to get by, and a worldwide food crisis is unfolding, overseas and in our kitchens. The book includes in-depth guidelines for: Creating resilient local food systems Growing, cooking, and eating sustainably and naturally Becoming part of the solution to the food crisis The book argues that we need to make self-provisioning, once the most ordinary of human activities, central to our lives. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
Authors
- Astyk, Sharon
- Newton, Aaron
Subject
Contents
- Introduction : the big lie
- A fast train : food security in crisis
- Hands on the wheel : what we should be getting from our food system
- Ring the bell : it starts with how we eat
- God’s away on business : what are our choices?
- Hard times come again no more : feeding the world
- The landslide brings it down : feeding ourselves
- The hands that built the country we’re always trying to keep down : extending the table
- Keep your hand on the plow : transformations
- Recipe index - A list of useful resources
ISBN
- 9780865716230
- 0865716234