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Contents

Part I : THE PROBLEM

1. Red tennis balls

How an encounter with North American supermarket tomatoes radicalized the author and demonstrated the poverty of what our food system is producing

2. The End of Food

Nutritional decline and lack of flavor are now the norm in North America’s supermarkets, to the potential detriment of everyone’s health

3. Those Little Extras

Nature abhors a vacuum: While nutrients disappear from our food, their places are being taken by something much more sinister

4. The X Files

The intersection of two trend lines forms an ominous X on the graph of our, and our children’s, future food security

5. Collateral Damage

The destructive impact of the modern food system on the natural and human environments, especially on biological diversity

6. Stalin Redux: Collectivizing Rural America

Russia destroyed its kulaks in the 1930s; we are destroying our family farmers, with much the same results

Part II : THE SOLUTION(S)

7. Acts of Subversion

Taking back control over our food supply, from the ground up, and the backyard out. City/community/neighborhood gardening and the organic gardening movement

8. Think Locally, Fight Locally

Creating an alternative food reality, and building momentum for the eventual national battle with the corporate system

9. Being Human

The ultimate reasons for refusing industrial food are more than material

10. Connections

Where to find information on food solutions, along with seeds, and supplies for home gardening, canning, drying, and other subversive activities

Notes