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The Resource Foodtopia : communities in pursuit of peace, love, & homegrown food, Margot Anne Kelley

Foodtopia : communities in pursuit of peace, love, & homegrown food, Margot Anne Kelley

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"Ever wonder if there's a better way to live, work, and eat? You're not alone. Here is the story of five back-to-the-land movements, from 1840 to present day, when large numbers of utopian-minded people in the United States took action to establish small-scale farming as an alternative to mainstream agriculture. Then and now, it's the story of people striving to live freely and fight injustice, to make the food on their table a little healthier, and to leave the planet less scarred than they found it. Throughout America's history as an industrial nation, sizable countercultural movements have chosen to forgo modern comforts in pursuit of a simpler life. In this illuminating alternative American history, Margot Anne Kelley details the evolution of food-centric utopian movements that were fueled by deep yearnings for unpolluted water and air, racial and gender equality, for peace, for a less consumerist lifestyle, for a sense of authenticity, for simplicity, for a healthy diet, and for a sustaining connection to the natural world. Millennials who jettisoned cities for rural life form the core of America's current back-to-the-land movement. These young farmers helped meet surges in supplies for food when COVID-19 ravaged lives and economies, and laid bare limitations in America's industrial food supply chain. Their forebears were the utopians of the 1840s, including Thoreau and his fellow Transcendental friends who created Brook Farm and Fruitlands; the single taxers and "little landers" who created self-sufficient communities at the turn of the last century; Scott and Helen Nearing and others who decamped to the countryside during the Great Depression; and, of course, the hippie back-to-the-landers of the 1970s. Today, food has become an important element of the social justice movement. Food is no longer just about what we eat, but about how our food is raised and who profits along the way. Kelley looks closely at the efforts of young farmers now growing heirloom pigs, culturally appropriate foods, and newly bred vegetables, along with others working in coalitions, advocacy groups, and educational programs to extend the reach of this era's Good Food Movement. Foodtopia is for anyone interested in how we all might lead much better-and well-fed-lives"--
Language
eng
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Extent
xxvii, 307 pages
Contents
  • Millennials move to the land
  • Henry David Thoreau's search for freedom
  • Secular utopias of the 1840s
  • Going back-to-the-land during America's first Gilded Age
  • Scott and Helen nearing live the good life
  • Food fights
  • Hippie food
  • Tranfsorming the food system from seed to table
  • Free the people, free the land
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9781567927306
Instance
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Foodtopia : communities in pursuit of peace, love, & homegrown food
Title
Foodtopia
Title remainder
communities in pursuit of peace, love, & homegrown food
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Margot Anne Kelley
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Ever wonder if there's a better way to live, work, and eat? You're not alone. Here is the story of five back-to-the-land movements, from 1840 to present day, when large numbers of utopian-minded people in the United States took action to establish small-scale farming as an alternative to mainstream agriculture. Then and now, it's the story of people striving to live freely and fight injustice, to make the food on their table a little healthier, and to leave the planet less scarred than they found it. Throughout America's history as an industrial nation, sizable countercultural movements have chosen to forgo modern comforts in pursuit of a simpler life. In this illuminating alternative American history, Margot Anne Kelley details the evolution of food-centric utopian movements that were fueled by deep yearnings for unpolluted water and air, racial and gender equality, for peace, for a less consumerist lifestyle, for a sense of authenticity, for simplicity, for a healthy diet, and for a sustaining connection to the natural world. Millennials who jettisoned cities for rural life form the core of America's current back-to-the-land movement. These young farmers helped meet surges in supplies for food when COVID-19 ravaged lives and economies, and laid bare limitations in America's industrial food supply chain. Their forebears were the utopians of the 1840s, including Thoreau and his fellow Transcendental friends who created Brook Farm and Fruitlands; the single taxers and "little landers" who created self-sufficient communities at the turn of the last century; Scott and Helen Nearing and others who decamped to the countryside during the Great Depression; and, of course, the hippie back-to-the-landers of the 1970s. Today, food has become an important element of the social justice movement. Food is no longer just about what we eat, but about how our food is raised and who profits along the way. Kelley looks closely at the efforts of young farmers now growing heirloom pigs, culturally appropriate foods, and newly bred vegetables, along with others working in coalitions, advocacy groups, and educational programs to extend the reach of this era's Good Food Movement. Foodtopia is for anyone interested in how we all might lead much better-and well-fed-lives"--
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Kelley, Margot Anne
Dewey number
334/.6830973
Index
no index present
LC call number
HD1491.U5
LC item number
K45 2022
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Agriculture, Cooperative
  • Agriculture
  • Utopias
  • Food habits
  • Food supply
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Urban-rural migration
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Foodtopia : communities in pursuit of peace, love, & homegrown food, Margot Anne Kelley
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Contents
Millennials move to the land -- Henry David Thoreau's search for freedom -- Secular utopias of the 1840s -- Going back-to-the-land during America's first Gilded Age -- Scott and Helen nearing live the good life -- Food fights -- Hippie food -- Tranfsorming the food system from seed to table -- Free the people, free the land
Control code
on1295619563
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxvii, 307 pages
Isbn
9781567927306
Lccn
2021058315
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1295619563
Label
Foodtopia : communities in pursuit of peace, love, & homegrown food, Margot Anne Kelley
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Millennials move to the land -- Henry David Thoreau's search for freedom -- Secular utopias of the 1840s -- Going back-to-the-land during America's first Gilded Age -- Scott and Helen nearing live the good life -- Food fights -- Hippie food -- Tranfsorming the food system from seed to table -- Free the people, free the land
Control code
on1295619563
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxvii, 307 pages
Isbn
9781567927306
Lccn
2021058315
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1295619563

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