num_pages: 304
description: Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental economic and health care costs and beset by rising food prices. With only a handful of corporations responsible for the lions share of the food on our supermarket shelves we are incredibly vulnerable to supply chain disruption. The Urban Food Revolution provides a recipe for community food security based on leading innovations across North America. The author draws on his political and business experience to show that we have all the necessary ingredients to ensure that local fresh sustainable food is affordable and widely available. He describes how cities are bringing food production home by: Producing food locally makes people healthier alleviates poverty creates jobs and makes cities safer and more beautiful. The Urban Food Revolution is an essential resource for anyone who has lost confidence in the global industrial food system and wants practical advice on how to join the local food revolution. Peter Ladner has served two terms as a Vancouver City Councilor. With more than thirty-five years of journalistic experience he is a frequent speaker on community issues and has a special interest in the intersection of food policy and city planning.
language: English
title: The Urban Food Revolution: Changing the Way We Feed Cities
publisher: New Society Publishers