No One Eats Alone : Food as a Social Enterprise /

In today’s fast-paced, fast food world, everyone seems to be eating alone, all the time—whether it’s at their desks or in the car. Even those who find time for a family meal are cut off from the people who grew, harvested, distributed, marketed, and sold the foods on their table. Few ever break brea...

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Main Author: Carolan, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2017.
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