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Stop How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement

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ISBN-10: 1612193498

ISBN-13: 9781612193496

Edition: 2013

Authors: Nick Saul, Andrea Curtis

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "The Stop is an inspiring true story about how a low-income neighborhood used good food to take charge of its community-it's a great lesson for all of us." -Jamie Oliver In 1998, when community worker Nick Saul became executive director of The Stop, it was like thousands of other food banks, offering canned handouts in a cramped, dreary, makeshift space. Today it is a thriving, internationally respected Community Food Center with gardens, kitchens, a greenhouse, farmers' markets, and a mission to revolutionize our food system. Their message is spreading: Jamie Oliver told his 750,000 Twitter followers that he'd traveled all over the world and never seen anything…    
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Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Publication date: 9/24/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.20" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Andrea Curtis?s critically acclaimed Into the Blue: Family Secrets and The Search for a Great Lakes Shipwreck (Random House) won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. Her writing has also appeared in Toronto Life, Chatelaine, Canadian Geographic, Explore, Utne Reader, The Globe & Mail, Today's Parent, cbc.ca/arts and others. This is her first work for a younger audience.

Prologue: Never Underestimate the Power of a Great Meal
No One Wants a Handout
Gardens Won't Save the Planet, But They'll Make It a Whole Lot Nicer Place to Live
All Good Parties End Up in the Kitchen
Poverty Is Ruthless
Change Happens Because People Fight for It
Build a Big Tent
Eat the Math
The Power of Food
The Revolution Must Be Funded
Food Is a Public Good
A Note on Sources
Acknowledgements
Index