01415nam a2200253Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500860005810000240014426000530016830000150022130000110023650000500024702000220029765000210031965000280034065000160036805000160038454600120040050503460041252003680075833600090112633700150113533800110115020260803094059.0251212s2008    xx            000 0 und d1 aFood Fears : bFrom industrial to sustainable food systems /cAlison Blay Palmer.  aPalmer, Alison Blay  aAldershot, England :bAshgate Publishing,c2008.  ax, 185 p.:  c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index  a978-0-7546-7248-7  aFood consumption  aFood industry and trade  aFood supply  a338.19 B61f  aEnglish  aFood fear : making connections -- The industrial revolution of food -- `It`s all about the sizzle` -- Growing distances : the separation of farmers, ecologies and the eaters -- Translating fear : mad cows, killer carrots and industrial food -- Eating organic in an age of insecurity -- Manufacturing food fear -- Creating mutual food system.  aDrawing on a wealth of empirical research into mainstream and alternative North American food systems, this book discusses how sustainable, grass roots, local food systems offer a template for meaningful individual activism as a way to bring about change from the bottom up, while at the same time creating pressure for policy changes at all levels of government.  aText  aUnmediated  aVolume