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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Commodification Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 6 explores the commodification of the agricultural industry by seed corporations, GURTS, patents and intellectual property, Monsanto’s Roundup Ready seeds, plant breeders’ …	Devlin Kuyek	30	2007	$3.00 Add
From NEW! Conclusion: Upgrading the Operating System PART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	The Conclusion reflects on the current batch of space agencies and billionaires blasting off for outer space, SpaceX, the Covid-19 pandemic, our ability to develop innovative scientific …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	13	2022	$1.30 Add
From Conclusion, You Say Tomato From: A Matter of Taste View Coach House Books	To summarize the previous chapters, Tucker leads a discussion how to dissect the concept of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ food and whether food choices should be personal or generalized.	Rebecca Tucker	7	2018	$0.70 Add
From Consumer Food Co-ops Today From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	The many facets and community-building features of consumer food co-ops today, from continuing and children’s education to community giving and non-profit arms are described. Also described …	John Steinman	28	2019	$2.80 Add
From Corporation Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 5 examines the rise of corporations in agriculture in the 1970’s onward in Canada, The National Biotechnology Strategy 1983, policy reform, neoliberalism, and more.	Devlin Kuyek	9	2007	$0.90 Add
From CSA From: Emergent Agriculture View New Society Publishers	The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model is transformative. It changes the way farmers farm, the way markets function, and the way consumers relate to the production chain. The CSA model …	Gary S. Kleppel	5	2014	$0.50 Add
NEW! Dinner on Mars The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth ECW Press	From Impossible Burgers to lab-made sushi, two witty, plugged-in food scientists explore leading-edge AgTech for the answer to feeding a settlement on Mars — and 9 billion Earthlings too …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	232	2022	View
From Discoveries on the Edge From: Clean Money Revolution View New Society Publishers	My experience confirmed what can be achieved as a “sprinkle investor” holding a portfolio of small private-equity investments in promising mission-based companies. I love the …	Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge	24	2017	$2.40 Add
From Diversity in Agriculture From: Emergent Agriculture View New Society Publishers	For the farmer, biodiversity is both domestic and wild, and a farm can be a place where biodiversity flourishes or from which it is excluded. The way farmers relate to biodiversity distinguishes …	Gary S. Kleppel	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From Embracing Agrarian Feminism: “The Farm Is Mary’s and Mine” From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The ninth chapter considers the experiences of women in the National Farmers Union and as farmers. Interviews are with Joan Brady, Marie Burge, Shannon Jones, Jean Leahy, Coral Sproule and Nettie …	Carla Roppel	19	2019	$1.90 Add
From Enter the Co-op From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	In this chapter the author describes the history of co-ops from 1761 in Scotland to the revival of community-owned grocery stores in the 1980s. The structure and types of co-ops, their …	John Steinman	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From Epilogue Where Do We Go from Here? From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	The author asserts that capitalist economies do not serve the food needs of entire nations, and that the co-operative model is the means through which public spaces like the food supply can …	John Steinman	3	2019	$0.30 Add
From Fair Trade and the Empire of Tea From: Humanizing the Economy View New Society Publishers	Fair Trade and Co-operation The Fair Trade Network Tea The Small Organic Farmers Association Fair Trade on the Ground The Seductions of Success Beyond Commodities – Going Global The Future …	John Restakis	33	2010	$3.30 Add
From Farm Subsides From: Emergent Agriculture View New Society Publishers	This chapter is primarily concerned with the ways in which farms subsidize us. First, most of the farmers who fall into this category of subsidizers own small to medium-sized farms, and they …	Gary S. Kleppel	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From Farming Ecologically: The NFU in Ontario From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The sixth chapter looks more closely at the role of the NFU in Ontario, especially in its work to promote environmentally sustainable practices. Interviews are with Dianne Dowling, Peter Dowling, …	Bryan Dale	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From Food Co-ops and the Local Economy From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes the benefits of food co-ops to the local economy via the retention of profits, local supply chains, and the value of using the language of "economic development" …	John Steinman	18	2019	$1.80 Add