false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255732269m/3985173.jpg 1994142 2 From the War on Poverty to new farmers' markets, a food expert tackles America's dangerous dietary split <BR><BR>Limp lettuce. Rotting apples. Dusty cans of spinach, corn, and peas under glaring fluorescent lights. Such a setting does not appeal to the modern shopper, who much prefers softly lit stores stocked with fresh produce and healthy prepared meals, or even open-air markets. But for many impoverished Americans, as Mark Winne explains, such pleasant shopping experiences are simply not an option. <BR><BR>Closing the Food Gap tells the story of how we get our food: from poor people at food pantries or bodegas and convenience stores to the more comfortable classes, who increasingly seek out organic and local products. Winne's exploration starts in the 1960s, when domestic poverty was "rediscovered," and shows how communities since that time have responded to malnutrition with a slew of strategies and methods. But the story is also about doing that work against a backdrop of ever-growing American food affluence and gastronomical expectations. <BR><BR>Calling largely on his own experience in this field, mixing in surprisingly witty observations on our evolving relationships with food, Winne ultimately envisions realistic partnerships in which family farms and impoverished communities come together to address their continuing struggles. <BR><BR>"An engaging, candid, and sometimes funny look at how ordinary people—and extraordinary ones like the author—have struggled over three plus decades to create a fair food system, in the absence of public sector compassion. Winne has done it all—food coops, emergency feeding, farmers' markets, community gardening, Community Supported Agriculture, public policy. He tells us why and how, weaving into his own experiences stories from other cities across the country to create an essential picture of how people like him are struggling to reset the country's table for everyone."<BR>—Joan Dye Gussow, author of This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader<BR><BR> "Closing the Food Gap is a deeply moving account of Mark Winne's long career as an advocate for policies that will ensure adequate nutrition for the poor. Reading this book should make everyone want to advocate for food systems that will feed the hungry, support local farmers, and promote community democracy—all at the same time. I want all my students to read this beautifully written and important book."<BR>—Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University, and author of Food Politics and What to Eat<BR><BR> "Mark Winne tackles the world of food deserts, hunger relief and the disparities of the 'haves' and 'have-nots' from both a personal and professional viewpoint that at once educates on and illuminates these very complicated issues. Winne makes these issues and their interrelationships not only understandable but also compelling for all those who care about social justice in our country."<BR>—Chef Ann Cooper, author of Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children 1997870 7 1 2008 Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty total:78|5:0|4:2|3:1|2:1|1:0| 78 294 225 26 1994142 0807047309 9780807047309 75 24 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1994142.Closing_the_Food_Gap_Resetting_the_Table_in_the_Land_of_Plenty 4 0 false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 14:07:32 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 08:10:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3985173 0807047317 9780807047316 3 2 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255732269m/3985173.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3985173.Closing_the_Food_Gap_Resetting_the_Table_in_the_Land_of_Plenty 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 05:19:06 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 07:17:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1994142 0807047309 9780807047309 75 24 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1994142.Closing_the_Food_Gap_Resetting_the_Table_in_the_Land_of_Plenty 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 18:12:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 20:50:45 -0700 2009 Closing the Food Gap draws on Mark Winne's 30 years of experience working on real-world solutions to food insecurity to suggest what works and what doesn't. Winne argues that policymakers and nonprofits have failed to tackle the root cause of hunger--poverty and ...more...]]> 1994142 0807047309 9780807047309 75 24 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1994142.Closing_the_Food_Gap_Resetting_the_Table_in_the_Land_of_Plenty 3 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 09:54:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 08:34:30 -0700 2009
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