Food Systems


The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (California Studies in Food and Culture) (Volume 3)
Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Eating Animals
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food
The Great Good Place by Ray OldenburgThe Abundant Community by John McKnightTiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerMore Work For Mother by Ruth Schwartz CowanFarming As A Spiritual Discipline by Ragan Sutterfield
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“ Nature is never the same twice; this inconsistency requires adaptability. There are limitless problems in the world. If we think like a machine we only find ourselves with the same problems. The problems are there because we haven't adapted a solution; the only way to find a solution is to think outside the machine. This thinking is necessary to a natural food system. There are no two vegetables that are the same, no two days of cooking that are the same, no two humans that are the same. Indu ...more ”
― Douglas McMaster, Silo: The Zero Waste Blueprint

Fons Burger
“ With honest ingredients, a deeper appreciation of flavor, and less distance between farm and plate, we can relearn what food truly means, for ourselves and for the Earth. ”
― Fons Burger, The Only Possible Solution: How to Shape the Future for Our Next Generations

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