food industry

Main Street Vs. Eat Street

April 15, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
Ben Hewitt, big food, CSA, food contamination, food industry, industrial food, Land Stewardship Project, local foods, Michael Moss, obesity epidemic, Salt Sugar Fat, The Town That Food Saved

I’m not sure I would recommend this, but I recently read two books back-to-back that represent the “how” extremes of today’s food system. I started out with The Town That Food Saved:…
Food, Farming & Relationships—A Love Story

February 11, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
community based food systems, community food systems, Crossroads Resource Center, direct-marketing, food industry, Ken Meter, local food systems, Mapping the Minnesota Food Industry

When food system pioneer Ken Meter set out to do an analysis of an entire state’s food system, he figured he’d unearth some impressive statistics and gain a few insights into the…