Alternative Economies

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Growing Food Co-ops, Growing the Movement

Growing Food Co-ops, Growing the Movement

From: Grocery Story

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 … 12 $1.20 Add
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Harvest

Harvest

Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

Chapter 8 explores the future of agriculture, industrial farming and its alternatives, grassroots community organizing and political mobilization, resistance to industrial agriculture, the … 10 $1.00 Add
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Industrialization

Industrialization

Part I: Roots

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

Chapter 2 explores new models of agribusiness and industrial  farming, genetically engineered plants, Canada’s ‘‘farm family’’ image, the National … 7 $0.70 Add
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Interlude

Interlude

From: Grocery Story

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 … 11 $1.10 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

On the Cusp of a Revolution

From: Emergent Agriculture

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 … 5 $0.50 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: In The Business of Change

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 … 4 $0.40 Add
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Introduction: the Martian Singularity
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Introduction: the Martian Singularity

From: Dinner on Mars

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 … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Local Foodmakers

Local Foodmakers

The People Behind the Products

From: Grocery Story

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 … 16 $1.60 Add
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Nation

Nation

Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

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 … 20 $2.00 Add
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Privatization

Privatization

Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

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. 25 $2.50 Add
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Retailer Market Power

Retailer Market Power

From: Grocery Story

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 … 14 $1.40 Add
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Rise of the Grocery Giants

Rise of the Grocery Giants

From: Grocery Story

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 … 15 $1.50 Add
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Scaling Up - How Local Farms Will Feed America

Scaling Up – How Local Farms Will Feed America

From: Emergent Agriculture

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 … 15 $1.50 Add
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Sculpted by River and Story

Sculpted by River and Story

From: Changing Tides

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 … 11 $1.10 Add
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Seeking Pathways to Sustainable Food

Seeking Pathways to Sustainable Food

From: Resilience Imperative

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. … ; 33 $3.30 Add