Book Review
Julia Navaro, Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions | May 10, 2013
This book provides first-hand stories from struggling farmers, exploited indigenous peoples, and many people affected by current, unjust food practices fighting for a fair system. It also does an excellent job of connecting important issues in the existing food system such as corporate influence, government policies, the power of local food systems, good food accessibility, food worker justice, indigenous peoples' rights and values, and land reform. All of these topics are explained and supplemented with research, interviews, pictures, quotes, and stories. Harvesting Justice empowers us as consumers to influence the existing, unsustainable food system in America by making informed decisions about what we buy and how we approach food, land, and all people. It is an interesting and stimulating read as it exposes the truth about the food system we are involved in, and offers tips on how we can promote a positive food revolution. It lists Community Solutions and the film The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (Community Solutions, 2006) as a resource about food sovereignty in the appendix.
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