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The Problem with Feeding Cities - The Social Transformation of Infrastructure, Abundance, and Inequality in America (Hardcover)
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The Problem with Feeding Cities - The Social Transformation of Infrastructure, Abundance, and Inequality in America (Hardcover)
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For most people, grocery shopping is a mundane activity. Few stop
to think about the massive, global infrastructure that makes it
possible to buy Chilean grapes in a Philadelphia supermarket in the
middle of winter. Yet every piece of food represents an
interlocking system of agriculture, manufacturing, shipping,
logistics, retailing, and nonprofits that controls what we eat-or
don't. The Problem with Feeding Cities is a sociological and
historical examination of how this remarkable network of abundance
and convenience came into being over the last century. It looks at
how the US food system transformed from feeding communities to
feeding the entire nation, and it reveals how a process that was
once about fulfilling basic needs became focused on satisfying
profit margins. It is also a story of how this system fails to feed
people, especially in the creation of food deserts. Andrew Deener
shows that problems with food access are the result of
infrastructural failings stemming from how markets and cities were
developed, how distribution systems were built, and how
organizations coordinate the quality and movement of food. He
profiles hundreds of people connected through the food chain, from
farmers, wholesalers, and supermarket executives, to global
shippers, logistics experts, and cold-storage operators, to food
bank employees and public health advocates. It is a book that will
change the way we see our grocery store trips and will encourage us
all to rethink the way we eat in this country.
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