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  • Growing Local

    Case Studies on Local Food Supply Chains

    Edited by Robert P. King, Michael S. Hand, Miguel I. Gomez ...
    Series series Our Sustainable Future
    In an increasingly commercialized world, the demand for better quality, healthier food has given rise to one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. food system: locally grown food. Many believe that “relocalization” of the food system will provide a range of public benefits, including lower carbon emissions, increased local economic activity, and closer connections between consumers, farmers, ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

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  • The Meat Racket

    The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business

    by Christopher Leonard ...
    An investigative journalist takes you inside the corporate meat industry—a shocking, in-depth report every American should read.How much do you know about the meat on your dinner plate? Journalist Christopher Leonard spent more than a decade covering the country’s biggest meat companies, including four years as the national agribusiness reporter for the Associated Press. Now he delivers the first ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Mushroom at the End of the World

    On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

    by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing ...
    "A poetic and remarkably fertile exploration of the relationship between human beings and the natural environment."—Pankaj Mishra, The Guardian"I'm very grateful to have this book."—Ursula K. Le GuinThe acclaimed and award-winning book about what a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planetA Flavorwire and Times Higher Education Book of the YearMatsutake is the most ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The End of Plenty

    The Race to Feed a Crowded World

    by Joel K. Bourne Jr ...
    “An urgent and at times terrifying dispatch from a distinguished reporter who has given heart and soul to his subject.”—Hampton SidesIn The End of Plenty, award-winning environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr. puts our fight against devastating world hunger in dramatic perspective. He travels the globe to introduce a new generation of farmers and scientists on the front lines of the next green ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Real Dirt

    An Ex-industrial Farmer's Guide to Sustainable Eating

    by Harry Stoddart ...
    Real Dirt is a groundbreaking book for any reader interested in learning more about where food comes from. Harry Stoddart shares years of experience and knowledge in his quirky dissection of agriculture and what we eat. Among his many achievements, he has developed a farming system he believes is the starting point for genuinely sustainable agriculture. A sixth-generation farmer, Harry bought his ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Great Climate Robbery

    How the Food System Drives Climate Change and What We Can Do About It

    by GRAIN ...
    In The Great Climate Robbery highly respected non-profit Grain connects analysis of the food system to larger issues affecting the planet, and links peoples' struggles over food to climate change.The collected articles in this book will help readers to understand the ways in which corporations seek to control the food system, and give information and analysis to challenge this control. This book ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Global Food Economy

    The Battle for the Future of Farming

    by Tony Weis ...
    The Global Food Economy examines the human and ecological cost of what we eat.The current food economy is characterized by immense contradictions. Surplus 'food mountains', bountiful supermarkets, and rising levels of obesity stand in stark contrast to widespread hunger and malnutrition. Transnational companies dominate the market in food and benefit from subsidies, whilst farmers in developing ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • This Blessed Earth

    A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm

    by Ted Genoways ...
    **Winner of the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize2019 selection for the One Book One Nebraska and All Iowa state reading programs"Genoways gives the reader a kitchen-table view of the vagaries, complexities, and frustrations of modern farming…Insightful and empathetic." —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel**The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, and yet its future is ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Farmers! Planting, Nurturing and Harvesting, Farming for Kids - Children's Agriculture Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Let’s pretend to be farmers for a day! This educational book will give your child all the basic information he/she needs to know about farming. You can also use this book to help your child understand how farmers work hard to give you the food you need. The purpose of this book is to educate the child and to promote an appreciation for farmers, too. Grab a copy now! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Animals in the Barnyard - Children's Agriculture Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    This is for all the future veterinarians, agriculturists or just plain animal-lovers of the world. Intended for children to learn and familiarize themselves with animals, this book captures the greatest photos and well-presented facts to make this the best learning and reference book for your kids. Grab your copy now! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • From the Ground to the Grocery! Popular Healthy Foods, Fun Farming for Kids - Children's Agriculture Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Farming is fun, especially if you’re growing the most popular and healthy foods you see in the grocery. But where do these produce come from? And how are they grown? Learn the basics of farming in this cool educational resource. Your child will love this book because of its colors, cool layout and carefully selected age-appropriate texts. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Concentration and Power in the Food System

    Who Controls What We Eat?

    by Professor Philip H. Howard ...
    Series series Contemporary Food Studies: Economy, Culture and Politics
    Nearly every day brings news of another merger or acquisition involving the companies that control our food supply. Just how concentrated has this system become? At almost every key stage of the food system, four firms alone control 40% or more of the market, a level above which these companies have the power to drive up prices for consumers and reduce their rate of innovation. Researchers have ... Read more

    $30.99 USD