Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All
Autor Oran B. Hestermanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 iun 2012
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.
InFair
Foodhe
shares
an
inspiring
and
practical
vision
for
changing
not
only
what
we
eat,
but
how
food
is
grown,
packaged,
delivered,
marketed,
and
sold.
He
introduces
people
and
organizations
across
the
country
who
are
already
doing
this
work
in
a
number
of
creative
ways,
and
provides
a
wealth
of
practical
information
for
readers
who
want
to
get
more
involved.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781610391023
ISBN-10: 1610391020
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 1 chart
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1610391020
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 1 chart
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
Notă biografică
Dr.
Oran
B.
Hestermanis
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.
Recenzii
New
York
House
Magazine,June,
27,
2011
“A must read for those who wish to go from conscious consumer to food activist.”
Edible Buffalo, Summer 2011
“Level the playing field with the next generations of Americans by adopting what Fair Food and Hesterman promotes. With Fair Food we will be able to apply a solution to one problem in our broken food system at a time.”
New York Times(Business Day),June 4, 2011
"[Hesterman] displays a wide-ranging knowledge of production, consumption, natural resources and public policy. He also writes about reform efforts with contagious energy and palpable authority...this is an important, accessible book on a crucial subject. Food for thought and action."
Serious Eats, July 29, 2011
“Hesterman's upbeat outlook and gentle push toward activism inspired me to further my own engagement. His book is one of the best I've read on how we as individuals can be involved in the future of America's food system."
Civil Eats,June 1, 2011
“Unless you travel in food policy or agronomy circles, you probably haven't heard of Oran Hesterman. It's time you had. Hesterman, who runs the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based nonprofit Fair Food Network, has written a book that just might wake you up and get you to care about what's going on with the food you eat and how it gets to your table.Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for Allis what Hesterman is talking about, and I've got to admit, this reporter covering food news cracked open his book (which landed in bookstores yesterday) a tad wary. Would this highly educated and well-meaning agronomist-activist guy really offer anything new to the sustainable food conversation, I wondered, and more importantly, would he speak to regular people trying to feed their families in a tough economy and who might not understand the difference between grass and grain-fed (or why it matters)? Boy was I wrong and thrilled to stand corrected. Hesterman breaks free from a tradition of densely written, muddled prose intended for inside baseball players and instead speaks to us all, loud and clear.”
Ode Magazine,June 5, 2011
“Timely and inspiringly optimistic, Fair Food challenges and guides readers toward sustainability and health, for themselves and their communities.”
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 justice is clear, genuine, and logically argued as a food issue. A helpful and hefty final chapter of "Resources" provides readers with a comprehensive national listing of organizations to join, support, or replicate.”
Next American Citywebsite, August 24, 2011
“Fair Foodcovers a lot of territory, which also means it doesn't dive too deeply into any one subject. He touches on everything just enough to enhance the reader's understanding, but not enough to be hard hitting on many of the topics he cares most about. And that seems to be the point. This book is not intended to serve as an encyclopedia for the food movement, but more of a practical guide for concerned citizens and budding activists. It fails to conjure up some of the emotions similarly positioned books do, but doesn't leave you wondering “what can I do to change things?” Hesterman's goal forFair Foodis not to shock the masses, but to mobilize them to action."
“A must read for those who wish to go from conscious consumer to food activist.”
Edible Buffalo, Summer 2011
“Level the playing field with the next generations of Americans by adopting what Fair Food and Hesterman promotes. With Fair Food we will be able to apply a solution to one problem in our broken food system at a time.”
New York Times(Business Day),June 4, 2011
"[Hesterman] displays a wide-ranging knowledge of production, consumption, natural resources and public policy. He also writes about reform efforts with contagious energy and palpable authority...this is an important, accessible book on a crucial subject. Food for thought and action."
Serious Eats, July 29, 2011
“Hesterman's upbeat outlook and gentle push toward activism inspired me to further my own engagement. His book is one of the best I've read on how we as individuals can be involved in the future of America's food system."
Civil Eats,June 1, 2011
“Unless you travel in food policy or agronomy circles, you probably haven't heard of Oran Hesterman. It's time you had. Hesterman, who runs the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based nonprofit Fair Food Network, has written a book that just might wake you up and get you to care about what's going on with the food you eat and how it gets to your table.Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for Allis what Hesterman is talking about, and I've got to admit, this reporter covering food news cracked open his book (which landed in bookstores yesterday) a tad wary. Would this highly educated and well-meaning agronomist-activist guy really offer anything new to the sustainable food conversation, I wondered, and more importantly, would he speak to regular people trying to feed their families in a tough economy and who might not understand the difference between grass and grain-fed (or why it matters)? Boy was I wrong and thrilled to stand corrected. Hesterman breaks free from a tradition of densely written, muddled prose intended for inside baseball players and instead speaks to us all, loud and clear.”
Ode Magazine,June 5, 2011
“Timely and inspiringly optimistic, Fair Food challenges and guides readers toward sustainability and health, for themselves and their communities.”
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 justice is clear, genuine, and logically argued as a food issue. A helpful and hefty final chapter of "Resources" provides readers with a comprehensive national listing of organizations to join, support, or replicate.”
Next American Citywebsite, August 24, 2011
“Fair Foodcovers a lot of territory, which also means it doesn't dive too deeply into any one subject. He touches on everything just enough to enhance the reader's understanding, but not enough to be hard hitting on many of the topics he cares most about. And that seems to be the point. This book is not intended to serve as an encyclopedia for the food movement, but more of a practical guide for concerned citizens and budding activists. It fails to conjure up some of the emotions similarly positioned books do, but doesn't leave you wondering “what can I do to change things?” Hesterman's goal forFair Foodis not to shock the masses, but to mobilize them to action."