Margot Anne Kelley

Foodtopia (eBook, ePUB)

Communities in Pursuit of Peace, Love, & Homegrown Food - How Five Generations of Utopians Reimagined Food, Freedom, and Community

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What if growing food could also grow a better world? Foodtopia is a food history book that explores how five generations of American dreamersfrom Transcendentalists to modern-day farmerssought peace, equality, and sustainability through small-scale farming. Author Margot Anne Kelley weaves history, personal reflection, and interviews to reveal the enduring belief that food can transform society. From Brook Farm to today's young farmers fighting for food justice, this book shows how each movement responded to its era's crises with a return to the landnot as escape, but as action. Winner of the Readable Feast Book Award for Socially Conscious Writing, Foodtopia is essential reading for anyone curious about sustainable living, food justice, or the power of community. What Readers Will Learn: The deep connection between food, freedom, and social justice across generations. How past utopian movements shaped today's sustainable agriculture and local food systems. Inspiring stories of resilience, from 19th-century homesteaders to BIPOC and queer farmers leading today's Good Food Movement. Practical and philosophical insights into living more intentionally and sustainably. Perfect for anyone wondering if there's a better way to liveand eat.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: David R. Godine, Publisher
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781567927313
• Artikelnr.: 62377289

Autorenporträt

Margot Anne Kelley is the author of the forthcoming A Gardener at the End of the World. Her previous book with Godine, Foodtopia, was a Civil Eats' Food and Farming Book Pick, a Maine Literary Award finalist in Nonfiction, and a Readable Feast Book Award Winner for Socially Conscious Writing. Ms. Kelley has served as the editor of The Maine Review and co-founded a community development corporation which runs a food pantry and community garden, among other programs. She lives in Port Clyde, Maine.