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This book offers sustainable food solutions by sharing the stories of more than 50 groups and individuals across the U.S. who have successfully implemented innovative ideas for increasing the availability of local food.
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Cobb (food system planning, U. of Virginia) is the author of The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food. In this text, she examines a sampling of the grassroots community food projects undertaken around the US by a variety of people, from social innovators to experienced businesspeople, technical inventors, and exceptional systems thinkers. Ranging from Boston to Nashville to Birmingham to Seattle, they include projects initiated by individuals--urban and rural farmers, restaurant owners and chefs--as well as community members or neighborhoods joining together to create meaning and purpose in their lives, and to restore harmony and balance in their relationships with the land, food, and each other. Illustrated with full-color photographs, the accounts describe how the projects were developed and lessons learned in the process, which may be useful to readers interested in starting similar efforts in their own communities. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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