A Nation of Farmers: Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil
About this ebook
We can keep hunger from stalking our families, but doing so will require a fundamental shift in our approach to field and table. A Nation of Farmers examines the limits and dangers of the globalized food system and how returning to basics is our best hope. The book includes in-depth guidelines for:
- Creating resilient local food systems
- Growing, cooking and eating sustainably and naturally
- Becoming part of the solution to the food crisis.
The book argues that we need to make self-provisioning, once the most ordinary of human activities, central to our lives. The results will be better food, better health, better security and freedom from corporations that don't have our interests at heart.
Critical reading for anyone who eats and cares about high-quality food and food sources.
About the author
Sharon Astyk is a former academic who farms in upstate New York with her husband and four children, raises livestock, grows vegetables and writes about food and peak oil.
Aaron Newton is a sustainable land planner and director of environmental programs at Outdoor Living, a design firm in NC. He is a founding editor of Groovy Green, an Internet magazine and writes extensively on the blog. He speaks on issues of sustainability.
