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Reclaiming our food : how the grassroots food movement is changing the way we eat / Tanya Denckla Cobb ; foreword by Gary Paul Nabhan ; photo essays by Jason Houston.

by Cobb, Tanya Denckla, 1956-

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North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2011.

Vegetable gardening -- United States.

Organic gardening -- United States.

Community gardens -- United States.

Local foods -- United States.

9781603427999 (pbk.)

1603427996 (pbk.)

320 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Food and community: growing a grassroots movement -- Food from home: supporting backyard gardeners -- Community: coming together around food -- Urban farming: growing food in the city -- Empowerment: food movements in at-risk communities -- Education: food, nutrition, and agriculture in schools -- Food heritage: preserving cultural identities -- Sustainability: food for the long term -- Infrastructure: building local food networks.

From Community GroundWorks in Madison, Wisconsin, to Greensgrow Farm in eastern Philadelphia, readers will learn about the motivating vision and people behind each organization. They will also find advice and guidance on everyday issues such as distribution, working with at-risk populations, fostering community, providing therapeutic assistance, and building the infrastructure to maintain new initiatives.

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