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Food for the Future

Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement

John Brueggemann

Food for the Future: Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement is about different foods, the stories they contain, and most of all the people in the stories. John Brueggemann interviewed dozens of farmers, chefs, non-profit managers, consumers, teachers, and healthcare providers. He argues that their individual stories point towards larger patterns that have shaped the alternative agro-food movement, and that other factors, including the environmental movement, farms, lifestyle movements, and consumers have all played a crucial role in its rise. The author concludes that the alternative agro-food movement is providing a countervailing force relative to mainstream market culture, and that instead of efficiency, profit, consumption, individualism and short-term thinking, the alternative agro-food movement emphasizes meaning, need, creation, community, and long-term thinking.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 322 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-66693-071-9 • Hardback • June 2023 • $130.00 • (£100.00)
978-1-66693-073-3 • Paperback • April 2024 • $42.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-66693-072-6 • eBook • July 2023 • $40.50 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Agriculture & Food, Social Science / Social Movements, Social Science / Environment, Nature / Natural Resources, Social Science / Activism & Social Justice

John Brueggemann is professor and chair in the Department of Sociology at Skidmore College.

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Moral Foundations and Market Culture

Chapter 2: The Ugly Story of the American Food System

Chapter 3: Grounding

Chapter 4: Extraction

Chapter 5: Processing

Chapter 6: Distribution

Chapter 7: Consumption

Chapter 8: Stewardship

Chapter 9: Communication

Chapter 10: Patterns Among Engaged Sustainers

Chapter 11: Social Sources of Engagement

Chapter 12: So What?

Appendix A: Methods and Data

Appendix B: Central Cast of Characters

Appendix C: Glossary

References

About the Author

In a moment when despair is not unreasonable, this book makes it clear that at least it's not mandatory--it's like a seed catalogue of hope, showing example after example of people who put their minds and bodies to doing the right thing."


— Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature


In grappling with the moral dimensions of agriculture a social scientist relates inspiring stories from the front lines of the agro-food movement and shows how greed shaped the modern food system.


— David R. Montgomery, co-author of What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health


Sociologist John Brueggemann examines the stories of people actively engaged in today’s small-scale food and farming movement toward healthier and more sustainable food systems. Their commitment, passion, and pragmatism is so inspiring that we will all want to join or support this movement in every way we can.


— Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, New York University, and author of books about food politics


John Brueggemann’s has authored an insightful study of the “little victories” of the “beautiful” Alternative Agro-Food movement. It is a refreshing alternative to the tendency of critical sociology to focus on the “ugly” and “illogical” aspects of the existing food system. Similarly refreshing is the fact the analysis resists airy generalizations and instead offers conclusions that are based on a series of very concrete analyses of some of the alternatives to that food system.


— George Ritzer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, Author of The McDonaldization of Society


“In this wonderfully rendered account of how ordinary people are working to change our food and agricultural systems — from production to consumption and everything in between — John Brueggemann does the invaluable service of giving eaters the conceptual and practical tools they need to play their roles in building healthy lands and communities. Food for the Future is indispensable reading for precisely this moment in time.”


— Norman Wirzba, author of Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating - Duke University


Food for the Future

Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Food for the Future: Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement is about different foods, the stories they contain, and most of all the people in the stories. John Brueggemann interviewed dozens of farmers, chefs, non-profit managers, consumers, teachers, and healthcare providers. He argues that their individual stories point towards larger patterns that have shaped the alternative agro-food movement, and that other factors, including the environmental movement, farms, lifestyle movements, and consumers have all played a crucial role in its rise. The author concludes that the alternative agro-food movement is providing a countervailing force relative to mainstream market culture, and that instead of efficiency, profit, consumption, individualism and short-term thinking, the alternative agro-food movement emphasizes meaning, need, creation, community, and long-term thinking.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 322 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
    978-1-66693-071-9 • Hardback • June 2023 • $130.00 • (£100.00)
    978-1-66693-073-3 • Paperback • April 2024 • $42.99 • (£35.00)
    978-1-66693-072-6 • eBook • July 2023 • $40.50 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Agriculture & Food, Social Science / Social Movements, Social Science / Environment, Nature / Natural Resources, Social Science / Activism & Social Justice
Author
Author
  • John Brueggemann is professor and chair in the Department of Sociology at Skidmore College.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Moral Foundations and Market Culture

    Chapter 2: The Ugly Story of the American Food System

    Chapter 3: Grounding

    Chapter 4: Extraction

    Chapter 5: Processing

    Chapter 6: Distribution

    Chapter 7: Consumption

    Chapter 8: Stewardship

    Chapter 9: Communication

    Chapter 10: Patterns Among Engaged Sustainers

    Chapter 11: Social Sources of Engagement

    Chapter 12: So What?

    Appendix A: Methods and Data

    Appendix B: Central Cast of Characters

    Appendix C: Glossary

    References

    About the Author

Reviews
Reviews
  • In a moment when despair is not unreasonable, this book makes it clear that at least it's not mandatory--it's like a seed catalogue of hope, showing example after example of people who put their minds and bodies to doing the right thing."


    — Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature


    In grappling with the moral dimensions of agriculture a social scientist relates inspiring stories from the front lines of the agro-food movement and shows how greed shaped the modern food system.


    — David R. Montgomery, co-author of What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health


    Sociologist John Brueggemann examines the stories of people actively engaged in today’s small-scale food and farming movement toward healthier and more sustainable food systems. Their commitment, passion, and pragmatism is so inspiring that we will all want to join or support this movement in every way we can.


    — Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, New York University, and author of books about food politics


    John Brueggemann’s has authored an insightful study of the “little victories” of the “beautiful” Alternative Agro-Food movement. It is a refreshing alternative to the tendency of critical sociology to focus on the “ugly” and “illogical” aspects of the existing food system. Similarly refreshing is the fact the analysis resists airy generalizations and instead offers conclusions that are based on a series of very concrete analyses of some of the alternatives to that food system.


    — George Ritzer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, Author of The McDonaldization of Society


    “In this wonderfully rendered account of how ordinary people are working to change our food and agricultural systems — from production to consumption and everything in between — John Brueggemann does the invaluable service of giving eaters the conceptual and practical tools they need to play their roles in building healthy lands and communities. Food for the Future is indispensable reading for precisely this moment in time.”


    — Norman Wirzba, author of Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating - Duke University


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