posted July 13, 2010 10:56 PM
http://www.wildfermentation.com/ Food in America is cheap and abundant—and also often bland, devoid of nutritional value, and produced without regard for anything beyond the corporate profit margin. As consumers, we opt for convenience, but the tradeoff is that we know almost nothing about how our food is grown, where it comes from, or whether it’s good for us. If we are what we eat, then our bodies and souls are largely at the mercy of agribusiness, commodity traders, and advertising executives thousands of miles from our homes and a world away from our real needs.
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved takes on Big Food by profiling grassroots activists who challenge the way we think about food. From community-supported local farmers to raw milk producers forced to fly under the radar of Big Government, this book shows how ordinary people can find their way out of the corporate food maze and take direct responsibility for their own health and nutrition.
Praise & Reviews:
"Sure to enlighten readers and motivate many to join the revolution. Recommended."
– Library Journal
"Katz's comprehensive reporting is sure to mobilize any reader on at least one issue."
– Publisher's Weekly
"There is a growing underground food movement that Sandor documents really beautifully in his book."
– Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma
"The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved is a deeply nutritious book. Sandor Katz has done his readers a huge favor. Thank you!"
– Deborah Madison, author of Local Flavors
"Sandor Katz describes a political climate in which 'eating well has become an act of civil disobedience.' From bread clubs to the raw milk underground, consumers are voting against commercial food with their taste buds and their pocket books. Don't miss this remarkable manifesto."
– Sally Fallon, author of Nourishing Traditions
"Sandor Katz has given us a refreshing, wholesome, wise book on something that affects all our lives. It points us not only to eating in a new way, but thinking in a new way. Here we see food with all its social and economic ramifications, to say nothing of its consequences for our health. I hope it will be widely read."
– Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States
"A personal, clear and compelling voice...Katz inspires us to take it a step further, whatever our food persuasions may be."
– Earth First! Journal
"A passionate crusader, Katz is also funny, quirky and eminently likable."
– Rebecca Wood, Southern Oregon Mail Tribune
"Charts the intersection of food and politics from every angle...This is one of those rare books that anyone, no matter how much or how little you know about our corroding food chain, will find enlightening and entertaining... The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved is a smorgasborg of activist anecdotes, horticultural history, and literally wild recipes. All the ingredients for a great read. Go Inside Americas Underground Food Movements and get to the bottom of whats eating America."
– www.eatingliberally.org
"From slow food to seed saving, feral foraging; diets raw, vegetarian, or humane meat; to plant prohibitions, struggles for land, food for healing–the prophet of ferment puts it all on the table."
– Permaculture Activist
"An inspired read..."
– Real Goods
"Sandor Katz' overview of a broadly emerging and ever more revolutionary underground food movement is not only a remarkable bit of research and analysis, it has multiple and extremely useful bibliographies for the people who are writing, thinking, and doing these things."
– InsurgentAmerican.net
"Reference manual, educational tool, history book, and cookbook all in one, it is a must-read."
– Terrain (Northern California's Environmental Quarterly)
"A perfect introduction for the eager eater aiming to blend a dose of conscientiousness into his or her daily soup and bread, this book is thorough, instructional, and encouraging. It’s a friendly manifesto of one man’s commitment to keeping his mind where his mouth is… In his informal narrative Katz manages to convey a vast amount of complex information in an accessible way. By sharing his personal journey (including his own share of contradictions and hypocrisies) Katz allows readers to identify with him as a food lover trying his best to grapple with the responsibility of conscientious eating, while delighting in its pleasures."
– Slow Food Snail
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posted July 13, 2010 10:56 PM