INspiration from real people making changes in the food system
“Food Rebels, Guerilla Gardeners, and Smart Cookin’ Mamas,” recommended by Utahns Against Hunger Executive Director Gina Cornia, presents several real-world actions that people are taking in communities throughout the United States to increase democracy and social justice in the food supply.
The book calls for real action and for people to look into the food system. Pointing out that the United States has gotten so far away from the very essence of life, in certain places people have had to fight to have a garden, and left the food choices to industrial agriculture.
“Food and gardening can be the way to start the dialogue.” Author Mark Winne quotes Maurice Smalls of City Fresh in Cleveland.
The book opens with a near future day version of Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor parable and a rather thick pedantic section that makes for slow going. The real value lies in the representative solutions like City Fresh, Ranney Ranch, Farmer’s Cow and Happy Kitchen.
People working for a better food system are located in the inner city, colleges and on ranches that believe the best beef is grass fed on a rotating field system. Not only are people changing their habits, but local governments are seeing the advantages of supporting local farming over industrial agriculture from far away.
The book ends inspirationally. For those looking for a way to become better stewards of the land and themselves, this book points out several ways that ordinary people have done extraordinary things in their communities.
This article originally appeared on examiner.com.
The book calls for real action and for people to look into the food system. Pointing out that the United States has gotten so far away from the very essence of life, in certain places people have had to fight to have a garden, and left the food choices to industrial agriculture.
“Food and gardening can be the way to start the dialogue.” Author Mark Winne quotes Maurice Smalls of City Fresh in Cleveland.
The book opens with a near future day version of Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor parable and a rather thick pedantic section that makes for slow going. The real value lies in the representative solutions like City Fresh, Ranney Ranch, Farmer’s Cow and Happy Kitchen.
People working for a better food system are located in the inner city, colleges and on ranches that believe the best beef is grass fed on a rotating field system. Not only are people changing their habits, but local governments are seeing the advantages of supporting local farming over industrial agriculture from far away.
The book ends inspirationally. For those looking for a way to become better stewards of the land and themselves, this book points out several ways that ordinary people have done extraordinary things in their communities.
This article originally appeared on examiner.com.