Food for the Future - Stories From the Alternative Agro-Food Movement

Through interviews with farmers, chefs, non-profit managers, teachers, consumers, and healthcare providers, the author uncovers the strengths of the alternative agro-food movement and argues that this movement is facilitating more sustainable agriculture, healthier consumption patterns, and greater access to nutritious food.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Moral Foundations and Market Culture
Chapter 2: The Ugly Story of the American Food System
Chapter 3: Grounding
Chapter 4: Extraction
Chapter 5: Processing
Chapter 6: Distribution
Chapter 7: Consumption
Chapter 8: Stewardship
Chapter 9: Communication
Chapter 10: Patterns Among Engaged Sustainers
Chapter 11: Social Sources of Engagement
Chapter 12: So What?
Appendix A: Methods and Data
Appendix B: Central Cast of Characters
Appendix C: Glossary
References
About the Author

About the author

By John Brueggemann

Product details

• Authors: John Brueggemann, Brueggemann John
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2023
• EAN: 9781666930719
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-071-9
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); NATURE / Natural Resources, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Food & society, Environmental Management, Cultural studies: food and society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice