No One Eats Alone: Food as a Social Enterprise

189 Pages·2017·2.67 MB·English

by  Michael S. Carolan (auth.)

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Food as a Social Enterprise
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MICHAEL S. CAROLAN

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No One Eats Alone

No One Eats Alone
FOOD AS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Michael S. Carolan
Washington | Covelo | London
Copyright © 2017 Michael S. Carolan
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ISLAND PRESS is a trademark of the Center for Resource Economics.
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Keywords: food justice, sustainable agriculture, farmworkers, CSA (com-
munity supported agriculture), farmers market, food hub, farm-to-table,
nose-to-tail, nutrition guidelines, soda tax
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Changing the Foodscape 1
Chapter 1. Monocultures of the Mind and Body 7
Chapter 2. Knowing Quality 27
Chapter 3. Shaping Values 45
Chapter 4. Spatial Distance versus Social Distance 61
Chapter 5. One Health 75
Chapter 6. From Slow Food to Connectivity 95
Chapter 7. Buying Behaviors versus Building Community 109
Chapter 8. Getting Big versus Getting Together 123
Chapter 9. Becoming Citizens 139
Notes 153
Index 167

Acknowledgments
No One Eats Alone was years in the making. When you work on some-
thing that long, especially on a project that takes you around the world,
you become reluctant to take sole credit for what’s really the product of
a collaborative process. My name might appear on the book’s cover and
spine, but many people made this book possible. Here are a few of those
others who helped make this book what it is. If you enjoy the book,
applaud them also. If you don’t, blame me and me alone.
Bruce Wexler. Author and father-in-law extraordinaire. His encour-
agement and support early on taught me the art—boy, is it ever—of
writing a proposal.
Emily Davis. What can I say? “Thanks!” just isn’t enough. Emily has
given me hope about the future of the publishing industry. Emily, my
editor, still edits. But even more than that: she helped craft sentences,
even a few entire paragraphs. No One Eats Alone would not exist were it
not for her; not as an Island Press book, anyway, and certainly not in the
form it has taken. She has been a steadfast supporter of this project who
refused to let it die. I am forever grateful.
James Hale. My graduate student and the person with whom I talk
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