Foodshed

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Ebook en format PDF. Disponible pour téléchargement immédiat après la commande.

Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781927129173

<p>In this intimate guide to Alberta's sustainable food scene, writer, poet, professional chef, and food advocate Dee Hobsbawn-Smith profiles more than seventy-five of the province's growers and producers. Learn the A to Z's of each producer, from Asparagus growers to Zizania cultivators, and enjoy the twenty-six original recipes, one for each type of produce.</p> <p>The book also examines the ground that farmers stand on: government involvement, sustainability and the environment, animal welfare, farm labour, and organizations from Slow Food to the grassroots Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement.</p> <p>An (agri)cultural examination of modern farming that offers a clear look at current government policies and sustainable growers' best practices, <i>Foodshed</i> sets forth some of the issues that modern farmers face, as seen by the growers themselves.</p>