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04102aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 A31593FCA39211ED924352D529ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230203011453 008 220123s2022 mau b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2021058315 020 $a 1567927300 020 $a 9781567927306 035 $a (OCoLC)1295619563 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d MEA $d YDX $d UKMGB $d UAP $d IWP $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Kelley, Margot Anne. 245 10 $a Foodtopia : $b communities in pursuit of peace, love & homegrown food / $c Margot Anne Kelley. 263 $a 2208 264 1 $a Boston, Massachusetts : $b Godine, $c 2022. 300 $a xxvii, 307 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307). 505 0 $a Millennials move to the land -- Henry David Thoreau's search for freedom -- Secular utopias of the 1840s -- Going back-to-the-land during America's first Gilded Age -- Scott and Helen nearing live the good life -- Food fights -- Hippie food -- Tranfsorming the food system from seed to table -- Free the people, free the land. 520 $a "Ever wonder if there's a better way to live, work, and eat? You're not alone. Here is the story of five back-to-the-land movements, from 1840 to present day, when large numbers of utopian-minded people in the United States took action to establish small-scale farming as an alternative to mainstream agriculture. Then and now, it's the story of people striving to live freely and fight injustice, to make the food on their table a little healthier, and to leave the planet less scarred than they found it. Throughout America's history as an industrial nation, sizable countercultural movements have chosen to forgo modern comforts in pursuit of a simpler life. In this illuminating alternative American history, Margot Anne Kelley details the evolution of food-centric utopian movements that were fueled by deep yearnings for unpolluted water and air, racial and gender equality, for peace, for a less consumerist lifestyle, for a sense of authenticity, for simplicity, for a healthy diet, and for a sustaining connection to the natural world. Millennials who jettisoned cities for rural life form the core of America's current back-to-the-land movement. These young farmers helped meet surges in supplies for food when COVID-19 ravaged lives and economies, and laid bare limitations in America's industrial food supply chain. Their forebears were the utopians of the 1840s, including Thoreau and his fellow Transcendental friends who created Brook Farm and Fruitlands; the single taxers and "little landers" who created self-sufficient communities at the turn of the last century; Scott and Helen Nearing and others who decamped to the countryside during the Great Depression; and, of course, the hippie back-to-the-landers of the 1970s. Today, food has become an important element of the social justice movement. Food is no longer just about what we eat, but about how our food is raised and who profits along the way. Kelley looks closely at the efforts of young farmers now growing heirloom pigs, culturally appropriate foods, and newly bred vegetables, along with others working in coalitions, advocacy groups, and educational programs to extend the reach of this era's Good Food Movement. Foodtopia is for anyone interested in how we all might lead much better-and well-fed-lives"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Agriculture, Cooperative $x History. 650 0 $a Agriculture $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Utopias $x History. 650 0 $a Food habits $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Food supply $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Sustainable agriculture $x History. 650 0 $a Urban-rural migration $x History. 941 $a 5 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20231021031950.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010025301.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230706015156.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20230601010137.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230203020118.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A31593FCA39211ED924352D529ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search