Bibliograph

The Stop, how the fight for good food transformed a community and inspired a movement, Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis

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The Stop, how the fight for good food transformed a community and inspired a movement, Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Stop

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

846889365

Responsibility statement

Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis

Sub title

how the fight for good food transformed a community and inspired a movement

Summary

"In 1998, when community worker Nick Saul became executive director of The Stop, it was like thousands of other food banks, offering canned handouts in a cramped, dreary, makeshift space. Today it is a thriving, internationally respected Community Food Center with gardens, kitchens, a greenhouse, farmers' markets, and a mission to revolutionize our food system. Their message is spreading: Jamie Oliver told his 750,000 Twitter followers that he'd traveled all over the world and never seen anything like The Stop; Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved, told Alternet he was 'blown away' by this model of an NGO--whose mission is to work for healthy food, strong communities and political empowerment. In a voice that's 'never preachy' (Maclean's), Saul argues that we need a new politics of food in which everyone has a dignified, healthy place at the table."--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

No one wants a handout -- Gardens won't save the planet, but they'll make it a whole lot nicer place to live -- All good parties end up in the kitchen -- Poverty is ruthless -- Change happens because people fight for it -- Build a big tent -- Eat the math -- The power of food -- The revolution must be funded -- Food is a public good

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