Alternative Economies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Growing Food Co-ops, Growing the Movement From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	The Kootenay Co-op expansion to a new location is described through member loans and– a first in food co-op history– as a developer of Nelson Commons, residential units above the …	John Steinman	12	2019	$1.20 Add
From Harvest Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 8 explores the future of agriculture, industrial farming and its alternatives, grassroots community organizing and political mobilization, resistance to industrial agriculture, the …	Devlin Kuyek	10	2007	$1.00 Add
In The Business of Change How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual New Society Publishers	Our communities are facing the fallout from the demise of vital industry, bankrupt economies, bad policy or policing, and political mismanagement. People are looking for answers, and the …	Elisa Birnbaum	195	2018	View
From Industrialization Part I: Roots From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 2 explores new models of agribusiness and industrial farming, genetically engineered plants, Canada’s ‘‘farm family’’ image, the National …	Devlin Kuyek	7	2007	$0.70 Add
From Interlude From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes alternative, viable, models for grocery stores and the "food shed" of local retailers and growers in Nelson, BC, and Viroqua, Wisconsin. The grocery store chains …	John Steinman	11	2019	$1.10 Add
From Introduction On the Cusp of a Revolution From: Emergent Agriculture View New Society Publishers	Today’s shifting agricultural paradigm is doing much the same thing. It is changing the way we produce food, how and where we get it, and what it does to our health, our pocket books, and …	Gary S. Kleppel	5	2014	$0.50 Add
From Introduction From: In The Business of Change View New Society Publishers	Social entrepreneurs, innovative men and women who focus their creative energy and business-minded skillset and savvy toward social change. Finding new and empowering ways to tackle social …	Elisa Birnbaum	4	2018	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Introduction: the Martian Singularity From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	The Introduction reflects on the origins of this book as a thought experiment of what life would look like on Mars. Discussing topics including the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, revolutionary …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From Local Foodmakers The People Behind the Products From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	Examples of local foodmakers and the pitfalls they experience in supplying grocery chains are described. The role of food co-ops as small business incubators and the fair dealiing policies co-ops …	John Steinman	16	2019	$1.60 Add
From Nation Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 4 examines the connection between the agriculture, particularly wheat production, and the development of the Canadian nation, the prairie provinces, the genetics of red fife, cross …	Devlin Kuyek	20	2007	$2.00 Add
From Privatization Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 7 focuses on privatization, private seed companies versus public varieties, monopoly rights, the SeCan Association, competition and Secrecy, and the case study of soybean production in Canada.	Devlin Kuyek	25	2007	$2.50 Add
From Retailer Market Power From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes retailer market power– current and historical– in the United States, as well as efforts to contain this power. The 1980s and the US Regan administration’s …	John Steinman	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From Rise of the Grocery Giants From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter begins the description of the actions and tactics of "big food". The history of the A&P grocery retalier is described, as well as Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service …	John Steinman	15	2019	$1.50 Add
From Scaling Up – How Local Farms Will Feed America From: Emergent Agriculture View New Society Publishers	The shifting agricultural paradigm requires that every region of the country produce the diversity of products that it is capable of producing — that monoculture and exclusive production …	Gary S. Kleppel	15	2014	$1.50 Add
From Sculpted by River and Story From: Changing Tides View New Society Publishers	Frid explores the impact of the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) which despite being hard to see itself, its impacts are being felt and seen across coast British Columbia. Frid examines the …	Alejandro Frid	11	2019	$1.10 Add
From Seeking Pathways to Sustainable Food From: Resilience Imperative View New Society Publishers	Food production has been transformed from a local affair into a complex web of supply chains crisscrossing the planet that miraculously deliver a multitude of foodstuffs right to our doorstep. …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	33	2012	$3.30 Add