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8%OFFOran B. Hesterman - Fair Food - 9781610391023 - V9781610391023
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Fair Food

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Description for Fair Food Paperback. "An important, accessible book on a crucial subject. The author .. writes about reform efforts with contagious energy and palpable authority. Food for thought and action." --The New York Times Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; KNAC; TVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
Our food system is broken, and it's endangering what's most precious to us: our environment, our health, our soil and water, and our future. In recent years, a host of books and films have compellingly documented the dangers. But advice on what to do about them largely begins and ends with the admonition to eat local" or eat organic." Longtime good food pioneer Oran Hesterman knows that we can't fix the broken system simply by changing what's on our own plates: the answer lies beyond the kitchen. In Fair Food he shares an inspiring and practical ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781610391023
SKU
V9781610391023
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99-15

About Oran B. Hesterman
Dr. Oran B. Hesterman is the president and CEO of Fair Food Network. For fifteen years he co-led the Integrated Farming Systems and Food and Society Programs for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. A native of Berkeley, California, and a former professor of agronomy at Michigan State University in East Lansing, he currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Reviews for Fair Food
Publishers Weekly, April 18, 2011 "Intended as a practical guide for community food activists who want to take the locavore movement across race, class, and city lines, this book illuminate ways in which consumers can become "engaged citizens." Especially important (and rare) is Hesterman's willingness to work constructively with corporate giants like Costco and the Kellogg Foundation...The dedication to social ... Read more

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