Eat Here: Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket
by Brian Halweil
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Author: Brian HalweilEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-11-30
ISBN: 0393326640
Number of pages: 236
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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This book is a must read - it should be assigned reading in classrooms. More people care where their food comes from but this goes beyond that and goes to the farmer and the other reasons why we should all care. A little education goes a long way and if we take heed we can help each other as this goes to the heart of what is community. The Walmarts and other big centers for anonymous food are the antithesis of community and their paltry attempts at throwing money at communities does not change that. The first goal is to get people to care what effects their actions and their shopping in particular have on others, both here and abroad and this addresses one part of that.
Summary of Eat Here: Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket
EVERYONE EVERYWHERE depends increasingly on long-distance food. Since 1961 the tonnage of food shipped between nations has grown fourfold. In the United States, food typically travels between 1,500 and 2,500 miles from farm to plate--as much as 25 percent farther than in 1980. For some, the long-distance food system offers unparalleled choice. But it often runs roughshod over local cuisines, varieties, and agriculture, while consuming staggering amounts of fuel, generating greenhouse gases, eroding the pleasures of face-to-face interactions, and compromising food security. Fortunately, the long-distance food habit is beginning to weaken under the influence of a young, but surging, local-foods movement. From peanut-butter makers in Zimbabwe to pork producers in Germany and rooftop gardeners in Vancouver, entrepreneurial farmers, start-up food businesses, restaurants, supermarkets, and concerned consumers are propelling a revolution that can help restore rural areas, enrich poor nations, and return fresh, delicious, and wholesome food to cities.General Books
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