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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453602803321

Autore

Winne Mark <1950->

Titolo

Closing the food gap [[electronic resource] ] : resetting the table in the land of plenty / / Mark Winne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Beacon Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8070-4732-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 pages)

Disciplina

363.80973

Soggetti

Poverty - United States - Prevention

Hunger - United States - Prevention

Economic assistance, Domestic - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : I've come to-- shop? -- Suburbia, environmentalism, and the early gurglings of the food movement -- Reagan, hunger, and the rise of food banks -- Farmer's markets : bringing food to the people -- Community gardens : growing our own -- Food banks : waste not, want not -- Re-storing America's food deserts -- Growing obese and diabetic : going local and organic -- Community supported agriculture : communities find the way -- Public policy : food for the people -- Income disparities, poverty, and the food gap -- Conclusion : resetting America's table.