Bringing the Food Economy Home
Bringing the Food Economy Home
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If the many social, environmental and economic crises facing the planet are to be resolved, a good place to start is to rebuild local food economies. This title shows how a shift towards the local would protect and rebuild agricultural diversity, along with many other benefits.
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Bringing the Food Economy Home by Helena Norberg-Hodge
If the many social, environmental and economic crises facing the planet are to be resolved, a good place to start is to rebuild local food economies. Food is something everyone, everywhere, needs every day, so even small changes in the way it is produced and marketed can offer immense benefits. This title shows how a shift towards the local would protect and rebuild agricultural diversity. It would give farmers a bigger share of the money spent on food, and provide consumers with healthier, fresher food at more affordable prices. It would reduce transport, greenhouse gas emissions and the need for toxic agricultural chemicals. It would lessen the need for storage, packaging, refrigeration and artificial additives, and it would help revitalize rural economies and communities in both the industrialized and the developing world.
'Want to know what's wrong with globalization? Read this bookWant to know what you can do? Read this book.'
David Suzuki, University of British Columbia
'This valuable book offers a concise, yet comprehensive and systemic analysis of one of the most important issues of our time. I highly recommend it.'
Fritjof Capra, author of The Web of Life and The Hidden Connections
'Rebuilding local food economies is one of the best ways to return power to the people. And nothing makes the case for local food better than this book.'
Vandana Shiva, author of The Violence of the Green Revolution
David Suzuki, University of British Columbia
'This valuable book offers a concise, yet comprehensive and systemic analysis of one of the most important issues of our time. I highly recommend it.'
Fritjof Capra, author of The Web of Life and The Hidden Connections
'Rebuilding local food economies is one of the best ways to return power to the people. And nothing makes the case for local food better than this book.'
Vandana Shiva, author of The Violence of the Green Revolution
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) and a regular scholar in residence at Schumacher College in Devon. She is the co-author of From the Ground Up: Rethinking Industrial Agriculture (Zed Books, new edition 2000). Steven Gorelick is the US Programs Director of ISEC, and a member of the editorial board of The Ecologist magazine. Todd Merrifield has a master's in geography from the University of California, Los Angeles.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781842772331 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842772333 |
| Title | Bringing the Food Economy Home |
| Author | Helena Norberg-Hodge |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2002-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |