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From  Recounting the Past, Counting on the Future: Stories of the NFUFrom: Frontline Farmers |
This chapter sets the stage, explaining the history and role of the National Farmers Union in Canada, as well as how the book is structured. | Nettie Wiebe | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Restoring Knowledge Through HistoryFrom: Belongings |
Sally Miller | 37 | 2016 | $3.70 Add | |
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From  Retailer Market PowerFrom: 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 … | John Steinman | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From Rise of the Grocery GiantsFrom: 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 … | John Steinman | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From Saving the Prison Farms: Cows, Community and Civil DisobedienceFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The seventh chapter looks at the formation of the coalition Save Our Prison Farms in Ontario to prevent closure of prison farms, with interviews with Dianne Dowling, Aric McBray, Andrew McCann, … | Asha Nelson | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Scaling Up – How Local Farms Will Feed AmericaFrom: 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 … | Gary S. Kleppel | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Sculpted by River and StoryFrom: 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 … | Alejandro Frid | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Seeking Pathways to Sustainable FoodFrom: 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. … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 33 | 2012 | $3.30 Add |
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From Stopping Monsanto: Coalition Building Against rBGH and GM WheatFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The third chapter examines the NFU’s work in building a coalition against Monsanto and genetically modified crops and bovine growth hormone. Interviews are with Peter Dowling, Lucy … | Carla Fehr | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
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From Sustainable Meat – A Contradiction in Terms?From: Emergent Agriculture |
Among the most complex and contentious issues surrounding the debate about what is sustainable and what is not, is the question of meat. Can it be produced sustainably? Should we eat it? As an … | Gary S. Kleppel | 3 | 2014 | $0.30 Add |
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From The Consumer in a Changing Food SystemFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
Profitability is determined in the market. Consumers must value products sufficiently to pay a price that exceeds the cost of production and transportation. Price is determined by myriad factors, … | Gary S. Kleppel | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Depression Cooking ManifestoFrom: Living Disability |
Sonali Menezes writes about creating the zine Depression Cooking, which responds to requests from hungry and depressed friends and family, and features recipes that are lower-effort and some more … | Sonali Menezes | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From The Emergent AgricultureFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
Food production becomes exceptionally sustainable when profitability ceases to be the singular mission of the farm, and becomes instead a part of a “triple bottom line.” As important … | Gary S. Kleppel | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From The Emergent MarketFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
Consumers must recognize their responsibility to reward craftsmanship and hard work with patronage, and be willing to pay a fair price for their food. Consumers are actively seeking out … | Gary S. Kleppel | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Food Co-op WavesFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes Black American and working-class consumer co-ops founded in the 1930s Great Depression, many of which, resembling conventional grocery stores, are still in operation while … | John Steinman | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From The Principles of Private Property Simple Principles, Complex ProblemsFrom: Belongings |
Sally Miller | 45 | 2016 | $4.50 Add |
