From Farm to Fork: Perspectives on Growing Sustainable Food Systems in the Twenty-First Century (Legal Thought Across Disciplines)

Interest in the food we eat and how it is produced, distributed, and consumed has grown tremendously in the last few years. Consumers are exchanging highly processed, genetically engineered, chemical-laden, and pesticide-contaminated food often associated with big agribusinesses for fresh produce grown using organic methods. The growth of farmers markets from 1,755 in 1994 to over 7,500 today, in both urban and rural areas, is just one indication that consumers are interested in knowing who produced their food and how the food was produced. This book addresses the importance of creating food systems that are sustainable by bringing together a number of experts in the fields of law, economics, nutrition, and social sciences, as well as farmers and advocates. These experts share their perspectives on some of the pressing issues related to sustainable food systems and offer solutions for achieving healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems in the future. The elements of our complicated food system. Utopian dream : a farm bill linking agriculture to health / Marion Nestle ; Land for food in the twenty-first century / John Ikerd ; The social sustainability of family farms in local food systems : issues and policy questions / Jill K. Clark, Shoshanah Inwood, and Jeff S. Sharp ; Achieving social sustainability of food systems for long-term food security / Molly D. Anderson Views from within the food system. Community agriculture and the undoing of industrial culture / Josh Slotnick ; Consumer access and choice in sustainable food systems / Jane Kolodinsky ; The workers who feed us : poverty and food insecurity among U.S. restaurant and retail workers / Saru Jayaraman From federal policies to local programs. A call for the law of food, farming, and sustainability / Susan A. Schneider ; Informational and structural changes for a sustainable food system / Jason J. Czarnezki ; Breaking our chemical addiction : a twelve-step program for getting off the pesticide treadmill / Mary Jane Angelo ; Turning deficit into democracy : the value of food policy audits in assessing and transforming local food systems / Caitlin R. Marquis and Jill K. Clark. "Interest in the food we eat and how it is produced, distributed, and consumed has grown tremendously in the last few years. Consumers are exchanging highly processed, genetically engineered, and pesticide-contaminated food for fresh produce grown using organic methods. For example, in both urban and rural areas, the number of farmers markets has grown from 1,755 in 1994 to 8,200 in 2014. This change is just one indication consumers are interested in knowing who produced their food and how it was produced. This book addresses the importance of creating food systems that are sustainable by bringing together a number of experts in the fields of law, economics, nutrition, and social sciences, as well as farmers and advocates. These experts share their perspectives on pressing issues related to sustainable food systems and offer solutions for achieving healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems in the future." -- Page [4] cover.