From Land to Mouth: Understanding the Food System

From Land To Mouth......Page 24
Distancing in the Dairy Industry......Page 26
Food Irradiation......Page 29
Processing and Healthy Food......Page 30
Energy Inefficiency......Page 33
Feeding Corporate Concentration......Page 35
Oligopolization......Page 36
Pseudo-Diversity......Page 38
Fast Bucks and Takeovers......Page 41
Brand Names and New Names......Page 42
Farming by Franchise......Page 43
Industrialized Livestock......Page 48
Pseudo-Diversity......Page 52
Uniformity......Page 53
On Blueberry Hill......Page 58
Farmers as Exploiters......Page 59
Crop Failure......Page 60
Some Thoughts While Fall Plowing......Page 61
On Being a Sojourner......Page 63
A Letter Home......Page 64
The Story of Farmer Dan......Page 65
The Crisis in Rural Community......Page 72
It Only Counts if It Moves – Technology and Contr......Page 74
Continuous Flow......Page 80
Owning the Means of Production......Page 82
Agricultural Trade and Intellectual Property......Page 85
The Invisible Hand......Page 90
Workers and Consumers......Page 92
Population......Page 93
The Efficient Cow......Page 95
Marketing Technological Wonders......Page 98
Technological Processes......Page 99
Biotechnology......Page 102
Inputs Up, Diversity Down......Page 105
Reductionism......Page 107
Science Supplants Theology......Page 108
Determinism......Page 110
Complexity......Page 111
Proximity......Page 113
Diversity......Page 115
Balance......Page 117
Bioregionalism......Page 119
Inclusive Accounting......Page 122
Sustainability......Page 123
A Self-Reliant Food Economy......Page 124
Expressions of Proximity......Page 125
Farmers’ Markets......Page 127
Universal Access to Nutrition......Page 128
Eating Plastic: The Food Card......Page 129
Contradictions......Page 130
Ownership......Page 131
Land Trusts......Page 132
Fulfilling the Biblical Vision......Page 134