This is an excellent and honest look at food choices and how it dictates farm choices. Finally someone sees the intensive work at selling at farmer's markets and why that alone is bit one step into small farm support. Many criticize the food supply but demand more expenses in the chain. Many choose solely on price. And a wide range of choices in between that need people active. Although I received a reading copy via NetGalley, it's been widely shared as information people need to know. It's needed because effective support is critical

When my son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last year food became a priority in our house. I have been exploring ways to help my family eat more healthy while saving money and growing my own fruits and vegetables continues to draw my attention.

Being one who has tried (and failed) numerous times to grow produce, I still look for resources that might help me to achieve my goal which is why I picked up Making Local Food Work by Brandi Janssen.

What I never dreamed of was how my eyes would be opened to a whole new world! I've never really thought about where our produce comes from and the challenges that farms go through in today's world. No, it did not show me the best way to grow a tomato but it did make me realize that food does not go straight from the ground to your plate and how there is a whole other side to the food we eat.

This book is extremely well written as well as throughly researched and is a wonderful resource.

*I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

This really opened my eyes. I've long been an underground food warrior. I go to buying clubs, I purchase straight from the farm, I've bought raw milk and I'm an advocate of food freedom in the US. As such a person, I often run into vegans or juicers or people that are even more hardcore than I am. This gave me an idea of what is really going on beyond where I could see. Wheatgrass juice factories, for example. It's really worth a read, especially if food culture is all new to you.

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Excellent resource for a variety of patrons. What Janssen has created is a very comprehensive guide to a very complex issue.

I received a free electronic copy of this How-To book from Netgalley, Brandi Janssen and University of Iowa Press in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all, for sharing your hard work with me.

This is an excellent outline of the benefits and problems of obtaining fresh produce in your community and what we have to do to make this the most effective way to feed our families safe, non-polluted and non-GMO fruits and vegetables. This is a book I will want to purchase for my friends and farmers - excellent advice. Thank you Brandi Janssen for sharing this info with us. The advice is timely and the photos mouth-watering.

The logistics of food production and distribution in this day and age are mind-boggling to many of us. Ms. Janssen digs deep into these and many other current problems we as consumers are faced with with today, from buying local, organic products to staying in touch with food production. A good book for anyone who eats!

I would classify this more as an informational, collegiate-level, textbook than I would an average off-the-shelf read. It was very informative, true. But it was so dry, dry, dry.... Great information, terrible delivery with almost no engagement.