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DESCRIPTION:A century of industrialization has left our food system riddled with 
 problems, yet for solutions we look to nutritionists and government 
 agencies, scientists and chefs. Lisa M. Hamilton asks: why not look to the 
 people who grow our food?\n\nIn this narrative nonfiction book she tells 
 three stories, of an African-American dairyman in Texas who plays David to 
 the Goliath of agribusiness corporations; a tenth-generation rancher in New 
 Mexico struggling to restore agriculture as a pillar of his community; and 
 a modern pioneer family in North Dakota breeding new varieties of plants to 
 face the future's double threat: climate change and the patenting of life 
 forms. In unique ways, these "unconventional farmers" reject the passive 
 role that modern agriculture has insisted they accept and instead reclaim 
 their place as stewards of the land and leaders within society.\n\nThreads 
 of history and discussion weave through the tales, exploring how farmers 
 have been pushed to the margins of agriculture and how that has led to the 
 broken food system we grapple with today. These unusual characters and 
 their extraordinary stories make the case that in order to repair the 
 damage, we must bring farmers back to the table.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/08/18593746.php
SUMMARY:Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness
LOCATION:Book Passage Bookstore\nin the San Francisco Ferry Building\n1 Ferry 
 Building, #42\nSan Francisco, CA 94111\n(415) 835-1020
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/08/18593746.php
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