Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States

Centuries of colonization and other factors have disrupted indigenous communities’ ability to control their own food systems. Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States explores the meaning and importance of food sovereignty for Native peoples in the United States, and asks whether and how it might be achieved and sustained.

Pita, Not Pizza – Avoiding a Baking Disaster

I recently avoided disaster, thank goodness! It was Saturday – and we have homemade pizza every Saturday or every other Saturday. So I stirred yeast into some water, let it sit; next added flour and salt. After kneading for a bit, I covered the bowl to let it rise.

Then… Life got in the way. It was not to be Pizza Night!

The Science and Black Art of Product Pricing (Webinar)

In this webinar, Gail Nickel-Kailing, an experienced food marketing professional, gives a strategic business approach to pricing new products and new variations on current products. Gail explains how to price strategically to offer your product at a logical and competitive price point.

By working through a detailed worksheet, you’ll analyze all the “total cost” of producing your food product: ingredients, labor, packaging, overhead, and margins (your profit, a distributor’s profit, and the retailer’s profit).

Farm to Table by Darryl Benjamin and Lyndon Virkler (2016)

In Farm to Table, Darryl Benjamin and Chef Lyndon Virkler explore how the farm-to-table philosophy is pushing back modern, industrialized food production and moving beyond isolated “locavore” movements into a broad and far-reaching coalition of farmers, chefs, consumers, policy advocates, teachers, institutional buyers, and many more all working to restore healthful, sustainable, and affordable food for everyone.

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The American Family Farm by Hans Halberstadt (1996)

This stroll down memory lane presents the sights, sounds, and experiences of life on the American farm from the early 19th century to today. It takes you through the seasons and all phases of farm life, from plowing and planting to surviving the brutal winters. Price: $10, Free Shipping, Used – Like New

Growing a Garden City by Jeremy N. Smith (2010)

This book demonstrates that growing food, the most ancient of occupations, can address very modern social problems, from poverty and addiction to the sense of disconnection that is so destructive a part of contemporary life. Price: $12, Free Shipping, Used – Like New