Over 35 essays from major contributors to sustainable farming and food policy and activism, including: Raj Patel Raj Patel is a senior research associate in the Unit for Humanities at the South African university currently known as Rhodes University and a research professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. He is the author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and The Value of Nothing. Karen Washington Karen Washington is an activist and farmer. She is co-owner of Rise & Root Farm in Orange County, New York, and cofounder of Black Urban Growers (BUGS) in the Bronx, New York. Danielle Nierenberg Danielle Nierenberg is president of Food Tank and an expert on sustainable agriculture and food issues. She founded Food Tank in 2013 as a nonprofit organization focused on building a global community for safe, healthy, nourished eaters. Bill McKibben Bill McKibben published the first book for a general audience about climate change, The End of Nature, in 1989. He has written many more books, including Deep Economy, in part an early account of the rise of local food, and he is the founder of the global grassroots climate campaign, 350.org. "What a wonderful gift this book is" —Naomi Starkman, founder and editor-in-chief, Civil Eats. “An extraordinary harvest of wisdom" —Tom Philpott, food and agriculture correspondent, Mother Jones. “This will make you want to become a farmer.” —Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything.
✔ Author(s): Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture,Martha Hodgkins
✔ Title: Letters to a Young Farmer: On Food, Farming, and Our Future
✔ Rating : 4.5 out of 5 base on (131 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1616895306
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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