An instant classic for a new generation of
monkey-wrenching food activists. Food in America is
cheap and abundant, yet the vast majority of it is
diminished in terms of flavor and nutrition, anonymous
and mysterious after being shipped thousands of miles
and passing through inscrutable supply chains, and
controlled by multinational corporations. In our system
of globalized food commodities, convenience replaces
quality and a connection to the source of our food. Most
of us know almost nothing about how our food is grown or
produced, where it comes from, and what health value it
really has. It is food as pure corporate commodity. We
all deserve much better than that. In ''The Revolution
Will Not Be Microwaved,'' author Sandor Ellix Katz
(''Wild Fermentation,'' Chelsea Green 2003) profiles
grassroots activists who are taking on Big Food,
creating meaningful alternatives, and challenging the
way many Americans think about food. From
community-supported local farmers, community gardeners,
and seed saving activists, to underground distribution
networks of contraband foods and food resources rescued
from the waste stream, this book shows how ordinary
people can resist the dominant system, revive
community-based food production, and take direct
responsibility for their own health and
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