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Other avenues are possible : legacy of the people's food system of the San Francisco Bay Area / Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff.
Author
Sacharoff, Shanta Nimbark
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Oakland, CA : PM Press, [2016]
©2016
Description
viii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HD9008.S3 S23 2016
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Food supply
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Social aspects
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California
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Food industry and trade
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California
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Summary note
"Other Avenues Are Possible offers a vivid account of the dramatic rise and fall of the San Francisco People's Food System of the 1970s. Weaving new interviews, historical research, and the author's personal story as a longstanding co-op member, the book captures the excitement of a growing radical social movement along with the struggles, heartbreaking defeats, and eventual resurgence of today's thriving network of Bay Area cooperatives, the greatest concentration of co-ops anywhere in the country. Integral to the early natural foods movement, with a radical vision of "Food for People, Not for Profit," the People's Food System challenged agribusiness and supermarkets, and quickly grew into a powerful local network with nationwide influence before flaming out, often in dramatic fashion. Other Avenues Are Possible documents how food co-ops sprouted from grassroots organizations with a growing political awareness of global environmental dilapidation and unequal distribution of healthy foods to proactively serve their local communities. The book explores both the surviving businesses and a new network of support organizations that is currently expanding."--Back cover.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-179) and index.
Contents
Part I. Cooperation builds community. Food cooperatives in the United States ; The people's food system
Part II. The people's food system survivors. Veritable Vegetable ; Rainbow Grocery Cooperative ; Other Avenues Food Store Cooperative
Part III. Food sharing builds community. My journey with Bay Area food co-ops and Other Avenues
Part IV. The future is now. Sustaining food co-ops ; Keeping the vision.
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ISBN
1629632325
9781629632322
LCCN
2016948142
OCLC
944463677
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