Building Community Food Webs

Building Community Food Webs
Ken Meter
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Paperback
h229 x 152mm - 288pg
28 Jun 2021 US
9781642831474
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Our current food system has decimated rural communities and confined the choices of urban consumers. Even while America continues to ramp up farm production to astounding levels, net farm income is now lower than at the onset of the Great Depression, and one out of every eight Americans faces hunger. But a healthier and more equitable food system is possible. In Building Community Food Webs, Ken Meter shows how grassroots food and farming leaders across the U. S. are tackling these challenges by constructing civic networks. Overturning extractive economic structures, these inspired leaders are engaging low-income residents, farmers, and local organisations in their quest to build stronger communities. Community food webs strive to build health, wealth, capacity, and connection. Their essential element is building greater respect and mutual trust, so community members can more effectively empower themselves and address local challenges. Farmers and researchers may convene to improve farming practices collaboratively. Health clinics help clients grow food for themselves and attain better health. Food banks engage their customers to challenge the root causes of poverty. Municipalities invest large sums to protect farmland from development. Developers forge links among local businesses to strengthen economic trade. Leaders in communities marginalised by our current food system are charting a new path forward. Building Community Food Webs captures the essence of these efforts, underway in diverse places including Montana, Hawai' i, Vermont, Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, and Minnesota. Addressing challenges as well as opportunities, Meter offers pragmatic insights for community food leaders and other grassroots activists alike.
"Connections, Convening, Collaboration and (reclaiming) Culture are the themes resonating through the eight stories of community food systems skillfully woven together by Ken Meter. Building Community Food Webs is illuminating for learning from the past and planning for the much-needed future of food system changes. "--Anupama Joshi, Co-author, Food Justice; Co-founder, National Farm to School Network; Executive Director, Blue Sky Funders Forum "From a hard-working visionary, Ken Meter' s book is full of the good ideas that will strengthen the next generation' s work to create food systems that foster equity and inclusivity. Ken provides us MUCH to learn and practice. " --Alfonso Morales, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Woven through stories that stretch decades, Building Community Food Webs gives critical insight into how communities have transformed agriculture and food economies. With a unique analysis of the economic landscape, Meter deftly highlights common threads that inspire the reader with multiple pathways and strategies. "--Jeanette Abi-Nader, Food Equity Activist & Cultivate Charlottesville Executive Director
Ken Meter is one of the most experienced food system analysts in the U. S. , integrating market analysis, business development, systems thinking, and social concerns. Meter has worked for fifty years in inner-city and rural community capacity building. His local economic analyses have promoted local food networks in 143 regions in 41 states, two provinces, and four tribal nations.
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ISBN-13: 9781642831474
Published: 28 Jun 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Island Press
Publisher: Island Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 288

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