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Food for Everyone

Dear Reader,

Imagine a food system that delivers fresh, organic food to everybody. Can't be done in a world of industrial food? We say it can, and it must, especially in these economic hard times. Here's how…

Food for Everyone, the Spring 2009 issue of YES!, brings together the best ideas for a new food system, tells the inspiring stories of people revolutionizing food production, and shows how you too can join a growing local food movement that will best serve us all.

It's spring, so there's no need to wait. Dive into this issue now, then go outside and grow your own food, cook a fresh meal, and share the abundance with your neighbors.

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Best,

Adam MacKinnon,
Online Editor,
YES! Magazine

Growing Power When MacArthur Genius Award Winner Will Allen founded Growing Power, his Milwaukee neighborhood was a food desert. Today, the most important urban agriculture project in the U.S. grows 159 varieties of food, including goats, ducks, and fish—all on two acres within city limits.

Food Connects Sarah van Gelder introduces the food issue. The Good Food Revolution Lessons about food and sufficiency from the Hawai'ian islands. Rajinder's Remarkable Rasoi What American schools can learn from a village kitchen. INTERVIEW WITH MADHU The City That Ended Hunger The most striking thing about it? It was easy!

6 Ideas for a Better Food System
Community-controlled irrigation, domestic fair trade, local food in supermarkets …


:: WHAT OUR READERS TOLD US: HOW YOU ARE CHANGING YOUR FOOD HABITS

Just the Facts: Corporate Food Hunger. Pollution. Instability. Obesity. The problem with corporate food—by the numbers. :: DOWNLOAD: JUST THE FACTS SHEET

Everybody Eats: Community Food Systems It begins with small farms working with natural cycles and ends with fresh food and stronger communities in nearby cities. :: GET THE POSTER: BUY NOW :: DOWNLOAD

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