From Land to Mouth: Understanding the Food System, [Second Helping]

Toronto: NC Press, 1993. 2nd ed. rev. & expanded. 223 pages; 23 cm Near fine to near fine(-); tight and clean with slight edge-wear to wraps. Paperback. ISBN: 9781550210859, 1550210858

"Tells the story of how the global food system functions. Enables readers to begin to create localized, sustainable food systems built on justice and community." Contents: The language of distancing and the process of commodification. The Biblical economy of food. Distancing: the logic of the food system. Going shopping. Industrial food. Stories from the land. The family farm and the rural crisis. Electronic food. Food as information. Feeding the family: contradictions of capitalism. From cow to component. Science takes control. Reversing the logic. Self-reliant food systems. Down to earth.