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The Food Sharing Revolution - How Start-Ups, Pop-Ups, and Co-Ops Are Changing the Way We Eat (Hardcover, 2nd None ed.)
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The Food Sharing Revolution - How Start-Ups, Pop-Ups, and Co-Ops Are Changing the Way We Eat (Hardcover, 2nd None ed.)
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Marvin is a contract hog farmer in Iowa. He owns his land, his
barn, his tractor, and his animal crates. He has seen profits drop
steadily for the last twenty years and feels trapped. Josh is a
dairy farmer on a cooperative in Massachusetts. He doesn’t own
his cows, his land, his seed, or even all of his equipment. Josh
has a healthy income and feels like he’s made it. In The Food
Sharing Revolution, Michael Carolan tells the stories of
traditional producers like Marvin, who are being squeezed by big
agribusiness, and entrepreneurs like Josh, who are bucking the
corporate food system. The difference is Josh has eschewed the
burdens of individual ownership and is tapping into the sharing
economy. Josh and many others are sharing tractors, seeds, kitchen
space, their homes, and their cultures. They are business owners
like Dorothy, who opened her bakery with the help of a no-interest
crowd-sourced loan. They are chefs like Camilla, who introduces
diners to her native Colombian cuisine through peer-to-peer meal
sharing. Their success is not only good for aspiring producers, but
for everyone who wants an alternative to monocrops and processed
foods. The key to successful sharing, Carolan shows, is actually
sharing. He warns that food, just like taxis or hotels, can be
coopted by moneyed interests. But when collaboration is genuine,
the sharing economy can offer both producers and eaters freedom,
even sovereignty. The result is a healthier, more sustainable, and
more ethical way to eat.
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