Food tyrants
Subtitle: fight for your right to healthy food in a toxic world
By: Nicole Faires
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781626364417; 9781616088651
Subjects: Food security; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Agriculture and state; Natural foods; General; Infrastructure; Health aspects; Agriculture; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Description: When author and homesteader Nicole Faires decided to retrofit an old school bus and tour America's small farms with her husband and two small children, she expected to learn a lot, be inspired, and have some fun. But what she fou.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover Page; Praise for Nicole Faires's The Ultimate Guide to Homesteading; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. The Foundation of Food; The Abridgement of Freedom; The Loss of Farmland; Soil 101; The Right to Land; Peaches; Composting; 2. Controlling Genetics; A Thousand Years in a Seed; The Real Problems With Genetic Modification; Chemicals and Cancer; A Family Project; Genetic Use Restriction Technology; The USDA Works for Corporations?; Monsanto Public Relations; Saving Seed; A Little Science; 3. A Vast Desert; Food Deserts; Grocery Stores and Middlemen.; title: Assembly Line Food ProductionThe Farmer's Slippery Ethical Slope; Small Farms Are an Endangered Species; The Useful Bus; Taking a Stand; 4. Organic Isn't Always Organic; The Definition of Organic; Where Organic Food Comes From; USDA Organic Standards; Dignity: You Are What You Eat; Solving the World's Food Supply Problem; Eating Seasonally; The Road Trip that Didn't Happen; Organic Can't Do It; Organic Growing; 5. Undercover Agents; The Food Safety Modernization Act; The Raw Milk Rebellion; Battle for Urban Farms; Organic Is Too Expensive; A Few Model Food Policies; 6. The Right to Eat.; title: Defining Food SovereigntyNo Time for Apathy; The Right to Food; City Farms as the Roadmap to Change; Starting an Urban Farm, Co-op or CSA; The Fruits of Our Labor; Conclusion; Suggested Resources; Bibliography; Index.