Locavore
Subtitle: from farmers' fields to rooftop gardens - how Canadians are changing the way we eat
By: Sarah Elton
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781554684182
Subjects: Local foods; Food habits; Farm produce; Produits du terroir; Habitudes alimentaires; Produits agricoles
Description: "Strawberries in January, fresh tomatoes year-round and New Zealand lamb at all times - these well-travelled foods have a carbon footprint the size of an SUV. But a burgeoning local food movement is taking place in Canadian cities, farms and shops and is changing both the way we eat and teh way we think about food. Locavore describes how foodies, urbanites, farmers, gardeners adn chefs across Canada are creating a new local food order that is sustainable and can feed us all. Combining front-line reporting, shrewd analysis and passionate writing to delight the gastronome, Locavore shows how the pieces of post-industrial food system are being assembled into something infinately better."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Farming for the future: the fall and rise of the family farm in New Brunswick; title: Who's next? Nova Scotia's next generation of farmers; title: Beyond wheat: organics, climate change and a new way in Saskatchewan; title: The four-season farm: a sustainable winter harvest; title: Cows in teh city, crops downtown: turning the city into a farm in British Columbia; title: Local food for the millions: feeding Toronto; title: La Révolution du fromage: gastronomy in Quebec; title: Chefs go local: cooking a new food culture in British Columbia.