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Change Comes to Dinner

How Vertical Farmers, Urban Growers, and Other Innovators Are Revolutionizing How America Eats
by Katherine Gustafson
Change Comes to Dinner: How Vertical Farmers, Urban Growers, and Other Innovators Are Revolutionizing How America Eats. Griffin: St. Martin's. May 2012. c.288p. ISBN 9780312577377. pap. $14.99. AGRI
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Freelance journalist Gustafson undertakes a national "hoperaking" investigation to find some good news in response to dispiriting exposés of the American agricultural industry. She focuses on finding workable alternatives to agribusiness and travels across the United States to find stories of people working to change the way America eats. From a school bus transformed into a roving famer's market in Virginia, to the Roots to Rentry program in the Philadelphia prison system, to vertical farming in shipping containers in Arizona, the diverse cast of pioneering change-agents Gustafson meets expands her definition of sustainability. The food revolution is not just about more wholesome produce; it includes initiatives such as community building, job creation, and food security.
VERDICT Both inspiring and realistic, Gustafson's book provides a hopeful assessment of the possibility of big changes in the U.S. food system. Recommended for general readers interested in eating healthy, questioning where their food comes from, or knowing more about the business of farming.
Reviewed by Rebekah Wallin, Paris, France , May 01, 2012
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