• Authors: Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield and Steven Gorelick
• Publisher: Zed Books - UK & Kumarian Press - USA, 2002
• Length: 150 pages
• Paperback with b&w photos

The costs of the global food system are enormous and growing larger every day. Based on industrial monocultures and long-distance transport and trade, it is erasing the rich diversity of food systems worldwide. This book illustrates the bleak realities of ‘global food’ and outlines how we can shift direction – towards local food systems that meet real human and ecological needs.

Endorsements:

“Want to know what’s wrong with globalisation? Read this book. Want to know what to do about it? Read this book.” - David Suzuki

“Rebuilding local food economies is one of the best ways to return power to the people. And nothing makes the case for local food better than Bringing the Food Economy Home.” - Vandana Shiva

“This valuable book offers a concise, yet comprehensive and systemic analysis of one of the most important issues of our time. I highly recommend it.'” - Fritjof Capra