Food from the Radical Center, Gary Paul Nabhan
Food from the Radical Center, Gary Paul Nabhan
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Food from the Radical Center
Healing Our Land and Communities

Author: Gary Paul Nabhan

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 5 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/27/2018


Synopsis

America has never felt more divided. But in the midst of all the acrimony comes one of the most promising movements in our country's history. People of all races, faiths, and political persuasions are coming together to restore America's natural wealth: its ability to produce healthy foods.

In Food from the Radical Center, Gary Nabhan tells the stories of diverse communities who are getting their hands dirty and bringing back North America's unique fare: bison, sturgeon, camas lilies, ancient grains, turkeys, and more. These efforts have united people from the left and right, rural and urban, faith-based and science-based, in game-changing collaborations. Their successes are extraordinary by any measure, whether economic, ecological, or social. In fact, the restoration of land and rare species has provided—dollar for dollar—one of the best returns on investment of any conservation initiative.

As a leading thinker and seasoned practitioner in biocultural conservation, Nabhan offers a truly unique perspective on the movement. He draws on fifty years of work with community-based projects around the nation, from the desert Southwest to the low country of the Southeast. Yet Nabhan's most enduring legacy may be his message of hope: a vision of a new environmentalism that is just and inclusive, allowing former adversaries to commune over delicious foods.

About Gary Paul Nabhan

Gary Paul Nabhan is a MacArthur "Genius Grant" Award-winning ethnobotanist and literary naturalist who has been recognized as a pioneer in the local food movement by Time magazine and Slow Food International. He coauthored, with Ana Guadalupe Valenzuela-Zapata, the first authoritative history of agave spirits in English, Tequila: A Natural and Cultural History. He lives in Patagonia, Arizona.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrea

There is much to love here, and it is definitely written to a mainstream audience as a plea to listen and collaborate, which I like. The ability to do so -- to actually listen, to build relationships and to work across difference -- is absolutely the key to long lasting and deep rooted change. It is......more

Goodreads review by Curious

After disillusionment with many organizations in conservation movement due to their colonialist and even white supremecist / anti-immigrant mentality, this book was a breath of fresh air. It gave me the beginnings of a new way of thinking about land in a way that is positive and community-centered.......more

Goodreads review by Heidi

Very inspiring book on how we can work together on solutions to our food and land problems that will work for a wide range of stakeholders!! I love Nabhan's work and this was no exception.......more