The Town That Food Saved (Audiobook)

from addunn3

The author reviewed in a personal way the many pieces of a community food system in Vermont. Some very interesting observations: 4 characteristics of a viable food system: 1 - based on sun, 2-feeds the locals, 3-person can make a living, and 4-the process is circular (not linear) seeds to plants ...

from aaronperrin

A quick-read case study on the "local" food movement in the town of Hardwick, Vermont. Hewitt does a nice job balancing perspectives and tensions between the new breed of ego-driven, big-thinking agripreneurs and the decades-old, rustic, off-the-grid local food movement that had already existed. ...

from aaronperrin

A quick-read case study on the "local" food movement in the town of Hardwick, Vermont. Hewitt does a nice job balancing perspectives and tensions between the new breed of ego-driven, big-thinking agripreneurs and the decades-old, rustic, off-the-grid local food movement that had already existed. ...

from elbakerone

I confess I had never heard of Hardwick, Vermont before picking up Ben Hewitt's book The Town That Food Saved. The anecdotal nonfiction work tells about the history of the town built upon the industry of granite that suffered a severe economic downturn and looked to a local stimulus of food and a...

from elbakerone

I confess I had never heard of Hardwick, Vermont before picking up Ben Hewitt's book The Town That Food Saved. The anecdotal nonfiction work tells about the history of the town built upon the industry of granite that suffered a severe economic downturn and looked to a local stimulus of food and a...