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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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 Overview of Belongings From: Belongings View Fernwood Publishing		Sally Miller	20	2016	$2.00 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 Introduction, Consider the Dunkaroo From: A Matter of Taste View Coach House Books	In this chapter, Tucker begins with a discussion on the association of moral good and bad in relation to food habits. This leads into what constitutes good or bad food, and stresses four …	Rebecca Tucker	5	2018	$0.50 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 Kill Your Idylls From: A Matter of Taste View Coach House Books	In this chapter, the concept of foodie elitism is debated alongside a discussion of precision farming. Tucker identifies the complexity of introducing new technologies onto the old concept of a …	Rebecca Tucker	36	2018	$3.60 Add
From Krafting a Boycott: NFU Takes on a Corporate Giant From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The second chapter looks at the development and experiences of interviewed farmers of the 1971 boycott on Kraft products. The interviews are with Dan Kossick and Barbara Campbell.	Carla Fehr	21	2019	$2.10 Add
From Land For Profit, Land For Food From: Belongings View Fernwood Publishing		Sally Miller	34	2016	$3.40 Add
From Landing For Change From: Belongings View Fernwood Publishing		Sally Miller	6	2016	$0.60 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 Organizing the Market: The Canadian Wheat Board From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The fifth chapter considers the history and role of the Canadian Wheat Board, as well as its impacts on farmers with interviews with Fred Tait and Stewart Wells.	André Magnan	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From Owning the Island: The Question of Land in Prince Edward Island From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The eighth chapter considers the importance to farmers of owning land in Prince Edward Island, with interviews with Marie Burge, Doug Campbell, Gordon Carter, Alfred Fyfe, Wilfred Lacey, Edith …	Naomi Beingessner	20	2019	$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 Protecting Seeds From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The fourth chapter looks at farmers’ right to save seeds, and how corporate consolidation in agriculture erodes this right, an integral part of food sovereignty. Interviews are with Terry …	Terran Giacomini	19	2019	$1.90 Add