The Problem with Feeding Cities

The Problem with Feeding Cities
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9780226703077
ISBN-13 : 022670307X
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Book Synopsis The Problem with Feeding Cities by : Andrew Deener

Download or read book The Problem with Feeding Cities written by Andrew Deener and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-09-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most people, grocery shopping is a mundane activity. Few stop to think about the massive, global infrastructure that makes it possible to buy Chilean grapes in a Philadelphia supermarket in the middle of winter. Yet every piece of food represents an interlocking system of agriculture, manufacturing, shipping, logistics, retailing, and nonprofits that controls what we eat—or don’t. The Problem with Feeding Cities is a sociological and historical examination of how this remarkable network of abundance and convenience came into being over the last century. It looks at how the US food system transformed from feeding communities to feeding the entire nation, and it reveals how a process that was once about fulfilling basic needs became focused on satisfying profit margins. It is also a story of how this system fails to feed people, especially in the creation of food deserts. Andrew Deener shows that problems with food access are the result of infrastructural failings stemming from how markets and cities were developed, how distribution systems were built, and how organizations coordinate the quality and movement of food. He profiles hundreds of people connected through the food chain, from farmers, wholesalers, and supermarket executives, to global shippers, logistics experts, and cold-storage operators, to food bank employees and public health advocates. It is a book that will change the way we see our grocery store trips and will encourage us all to rethink the way we eat in this country.


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