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Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution

A global movement to take back our food is growing. The future of farming is in our hands—and in our cities.This book examines alternative food systems in cities around the globe that are shortening their food chains, growing food within their city limits, and taking their “food security” into their own hands. The author, an award-winning food journalist, sought out leaders in the urban-agriculture movement and visited cities successfully dealing with “food deserts.” What she found was not just a niche concern of activists but a global movement that cuts across the private and public spheres, economic classes, and cultures. She describes a global movement happening from London and Paris to Vancouver and New York to establish alternatives to the monolithic globally integrated supermarket model. A cadre of forward-looking, innovative people has created growing spaces in cities: on rooftops, backyards, vacant lots, along roadways, and even in “vertical farms.” Whether it’s a community public orchard supplying the needs of local residents or an urban farm that has reclaimed a derelict inner city lot to grow and sell premium market veggies to restaurant chefs, the urban food revolution is clearly underway and working.This book is an exciting, fascinating chronicle of a game-changing movement, a rebellion against the industrial food behemoth, and a reclaiming of communities to grow, distribute, and eat locally.

The Urban Food Revolution: Changing the Way We Feed Cities

Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic, and health care costs and beset by rising food prices. With only a handful of corporations responsible for the lion’s share of the food on our supermarket shelves, we are incredibly vulnerable to supply chain disruption. The Urban Food Revolution provides a recipe for community food security based on leading innovations across North America. The author draws on his political and business experience to show that we have all the necessary ingredients to ensure that local, fresh sustainable food is affordable and widely available. He describes how cities are bringing food production home by: Growing community through neighborhood gardening, cooking, and composting programs Rebuilding local food processing, storage, and distribution systems Investing in farmers markets and community supported agriculture Reducing obesity through local fresh food initiatives in schools, colleges, and universities Ending inner-city food deserts Producing food locally makes people healthier, alleviates poverty, creates jobs, and makes cities safer and more beautiful. The Urban Food Revolution is an essential resource for anyone who has lost confidence in the global industrial food system and wants practical advice on how to join the local food revolution. Peter Ladner has served two terms as a Vancouver City Councilor. With more than thirty-five years of journalistic experience, he is a frequent speaker on community issues and has a special interest in the intersection of food policy and city planning.

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (New York Review Books Classics)

Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book “is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture.” Trained as a scientist, Fukuoka rejected both modern agribusiness and centuries of agricultural practice, deciding instead that the best forms of cultivation mirror nature’s own laws. Over the next three decades he perfected his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort.Whether you’re a guerrilla gardener or a kitchen gardener, dedicated to slow food or simply looking to live a healthier life, you will find something here—you may even be moved to start a revolution of your own.

The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World

In 1987, John Robbins published Diet for a New America, which was an early version of this book, and he started the food revolution. He continues to work tirelessly to promote conscious food choices more than 20 years later. First published in 2001, The Food Revolution is still one of the most frequently cited and talked about books of the food-politics revolution. It was one of the very first books to discuss the negative health effects of eating genetically modified foods and animal products of all kinds, to expose the dangers inherent in our factory farming system, and to advocate a complete plant-based diet. The book garnered endorsements by everyone from Paul Hawken to Neal Donald Walsch, Marianne Williamson to Julia Butterfly Hill. After ten years in print, The Food Revolution is timelier than ever–and a very compelling read. The 10th anniversary edition has an updated, new contemporary look and a new introduction by the author.

Raw Revolution Organic Live Food Bars, Chocolate Crave, 1.8-Ounce Bars (Pack of 12)

The Raw Revolution Chocolate Crave bar is like a moist chewy brownie with chocolate, almonds, cashews, and sprouted flax, tastes so good and so good for you too!. Just pure clean energy from fruit and nuts that keeps hunger under control without feeling like you are eating something healthy because it tastes so good! Perfect for those looking for a healthy snack on the go or a simple meal replacement. We take great pride in offering the the most delicious certified organic products with the highest nutrition per ounce than any other bar on the market. Protein, vitamins and minerals that come from organic vegan plant based products like Raw Revolution contain more health benefits plus fiber and nutrients. Whey which is a highly processed by product of milk, and soy protein isolate (highly refined and most are genetically modified) are not health promoting. Be careful of hidden words for sugar like glucose syrup (corn syrup), sucralose (highly processed) and companies that promote they are organic and not all of their ingredients are. Taste and you will see that we deliver premium organic bars at affordable prices.

Raw Revolution Organic Live Food Bars,Chocolate Raspberry Truffle, 1.8-Ounce Bars (Pack of 12)

The Raw Revolution Chocolate Raspberry Truffle bars contain all hunger satisfying organic whole and mostly raw ingredients such as: cocoa, raspberry, almonds, cashews, sprouted flax and low temperature processed agave nectar for a chocolaty, moist and delicious treat with a crunch. Just pure clean energy from fruit and nuts that keeps hunger under control without feeling like you are eating something healthy because it tastes so good! Perfect for those looking for a healthy snack on the go or a simple meal replacement. We take great pride in offering the the most delicious certified organic products with the highest nutrition per ounce than any other bar on the market. Protein, vitamins and minerals that come from organic vegan plant based products like Raw Revolution contain more health benefits plus fiber and nutrients. Whey which is a highly processed by product of milk, and soy protein isolate (highly refined and most are genetically modified) are not health promoting. Be careful of hidden words for sugar like glucose syrup (corn syrup), sucralose (highly processed) and companies that promote they are organic and not all of their ingredients are. Taste and you will see that we deliver premium organic bars at affordable prices.

Raw Revolution Organic Live Food Bars, Spirulina Dream, 1.8-Ounce Bars (Pack of 12)

The Raw Revolution Spirulina Dream Bar contains Spirulina Powder, a superfood that is an excellent source of vegetable protein, multivitamins, minerals and Vitamin B12. Just pure clean energy from fruit and nuts that keeps hunger under control without feeling like you are eating something healthy because it tastes so good! Perfect for those looking for a healthy snack on the go or a simple meal replacement. We take great pride in offering the the most delicious certified organic products with the highest nutrition per ounce than any other bar on the market. Protein, vitamins and minerals that come from organic vegan plant based products like Raw Revolution contain more health benefits plus fiber and nutrients. Whey which is a highly processed by product of milk, and soy protein isolate (highly refined and most are genetically modified) are not health promoting. Be careful of hidden words for sugar like glucose syrup (corn syrup), sucralose (highly processed) and companies that promote they are organic and not all of their ingredients are. Taste and you will see that we deliver premium organic bars at affordable prices.