Full Description
Food for the Future: Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement is about different foods, the stories they contain, and most of all the people in the stories. John Brueggemann interviewed dozens of farmers, chefs, non-profit managers, consumers, teachers, and healthcare providers. He argues that their individual stories point towards larger patterns that have shaped the alternative agro-food movement, and that other factors, including the environmental movement, farms, lifestyle movements, and consumers have all played a crucial role in its rise. The author concludes that the alternative agro-food movement is providing a countervailing force relative to mainstream market culture, and that instead of efficiency, profit, consumption, individualism and short-term thinking, the alternative agro-food movement emphasizes meaning, need, creation, community, and long-term thinking.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Moral Foundations and Market Culture
Chapter 2: The Ugly Story of the American Food System
Chapter 3: Grounding
Chapter 4: Extraction
Chapter 5: Processing
Chapter 6: Distribution
Chapter 7: Consumption
Chapter 8: Stewardship
Chapter 9: Communication
Chapter 10: Patterns Among Engaged Sustainers
Chapter 11: Social Sources of Engagement
Chapter 12: So What?
Appendix A: Methods and Data
Appendix B: Central Cast of Characters
Appendix C: Glossary
References
About the Author
