Change Comes to Dinner How Vertical Farmers, Urban Growers, and Other Innovators Are Revolutionizing How America Eats

Name: Change Comes to Dinner How Vertical Farmers, Urban Growers, and Other Innovators Are Revolutionizing How America Eats
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ISBN: 9780312577377

ISBN-10: 0312577370

ISBN-13: 9780312577377

Edition: 2012

Authors: Katherine Gustafson

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A fascinating exploration of America’s food innovators, that gives us hopeful alternatives to the industrial food system described in works like Michael Pollan’s bestsellingOmnivore’s DilemmaChange Comes to Dinnertakes readers into the farms, markets, organizations, businesses and institutions across America that are pushing for a more sustainable food system in America. Gustafson introduces food visionaries like Mark Lilly, who turned a school bus into a locally-sourced grocery store in Richmond, Virginia; Gayla Brockman, who organized a program to double the value of food stamps used at Kansas City, Missouri, farmers’ markets; Myles Lewis and Josh Hottenstein, who started a business…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 5/8/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550



Introduction: Our Country Deserves Better Than Cheetos



Local is as Local Does



School Bus Farm Market


An unusual small business brings farm-fresh to the city



Locavore Montana


A local-food economy grows in Big Sky country



Institutionalized


The biggest buyers flex their localizing muscle



Cultivating the Internet


The Web connects growers and eaters



Green Thumbs



Advocating for Agriculture


Determined organizers help new farmers succeed



New Farmers in the Dell


Training and outreach programs draw diversity to the fields



Seeds of Learning


Inspired educational efforts bring kids closer to their food



Farming Their Futures


Field-based learning prepares students for agricultural careers



Growing Empowerment



Cultivating the Urban Jungle


Advocates fight to bring food and fairness to inner cities



To Market, to Market


Incentives bring fresh food to the poor and income to local fanners



Putting Down Roots


Gardening programs offer a connection to community and place



From Prison to Prep Cook


Food production offers hope and opportunity



How Does Your Garden Grow?



Organic Idyll


Organic farms keep an alternative agricultural vision alive



Farming In and Our of the Box


New fanning technologies try to redefine sustainability



Surf & Turf


Aquaponics and mobile slaughter offer humane, eco-friendly proteins



Going Native


Foodies, farmers, and desert dwellers promote diverse crop species


Conclusion: Room for Everything


Acknowledgments


Bibliography