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Fair food : growing a healthy, sustainable food system for all / Oran B. Hesterman.
Lippincott Library HD9005 .H47 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hesterman, Oran B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food supply--United States.
- Food supply.
- United States.
- Sustainable agriculture--United States.
- Sustainable agriculture.
- Food industry and trade--United States.
- Food industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 302 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, [2011]
- Summary:
- Describes the dysfunctions in the current food system, from chemical runoff to inhumane treatment of animals, and presents new principles and concrete steps to restructure how food is grown, packaged, delivered, marketed, and sold.
- Contents:
- The system and its dysfunctions
- The problem is
- Principles of a fair food system
- Fair food system
- Strength through diversity
- Nurturing the land that feeds us
- Feeding the green economy
- From conscious consumer to engaged citizen
- Becoming a fair food activist
- Institutional change
- Shifting public policy
- Resources.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781610390064
- 1610390067
- 9781610390071
- 1610390075
- OCLC:
- 663952481
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