Food for the Future

Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement

John Brueggemann

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781978792227
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Food for the Future: Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement is about different foods, the stories they contain, and most of all the people in the stories. John Brueggemann interviewed dozens of farmers, chefs, non-profit managers, consumers, teachers, and healthcare providers. He argues that their individual stories point towards larger patterns that have shaped the alternative agro-food movement, and that other factors, including the environmental movement, farms, lifestyle movements, and consumers have all played a crucial role in its rise. The author concludes that the alternative agro-food movement is providing a countervailing force relative to mainstream market culture, and that instead of efficiency, profit, consumption, individualism and short-term thinking, the alternative agro-food movement emphasizes meaning, need, creation, community, and long-term thinking.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Moral Foundations and Market Culture
• The Ugly Story of the American Food System
• Grounding
• Extraction
• Processing
• Distribution
• Consumption
• Stewardship
• Communication
• Patterns Among Engaged Sustainers
• Social Sources of Engagement
• So What?
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• References
• Index
• About the Author