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FREE Magazine about Food Security
December 20, 1996
To all who might be interested:
The winter issue of Why. Magazine, which is produced by World Hunger Year,
will focus on the topic of Food Security (FREE sample copies will be
available to all who are interested in late December). We have brought
together writers, thinkers and activists from across the country to give
us their ideas on what it will take to create a better food system. For
this special issue of the magazine, we are using an interesting definition
of the term as our starting point, and out of that definition the various
subjects are explored in more detail. The definition is as follows:
Food security means first and foremost the income to buy food, but also
access to safe food that is culturally appropriate. It means the skills to
prepare and grow food that promotes health, makes us feel personally good,
strengthens our families and builds our communities.
Authors to this special edition of Why. Magazine include:
Michael Ableman, author of From the Good Earth, on cultivating a
revolution beyond organic.
Jack Clark, member of the national executive committee of Democratic
Socialists of America, on the impact of welfare reform on food security.
Alan Durning, Executive Director of Northwest Environment Watch, and
author of the new book This Place on Earth, in a special interview to
Why. Magazine on the need for permanence and creating sustainable
bio-regions.
Andy Fisher from the Community Food Security Coalition, on how to
determine your region's food security.
Joan Dye Gussow, Professor Emeritus of Nutrition and Education at Teachers
College, Columbia University, on problems of the present food system, and
the need to know your farmer.
Congressman Tony Hall, the only member of Congress to attend the World
Food Summit, on hunger's universal curse, and its cure.
Michael Hamm, Director of the Urban Ecology Program in New Brunswick, NJ
describes this regional model.
Peggy Hupcey, Director of the USDA National Hunger Clearinghouse, on
modern gleaning efforts.
Frederick Kirschenmann, on becoming lovers of the soil.
Kathy Lawrence, Director of Just Food, compares different views of food
security.
Betsy Lydon, from Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet, compares the
Happy Meal to the Common Meal.
Peter Mann, International Coordinator for World Hunger Year, and Research
Editor for Why. Magazine, on the results of the World Food Summit, and
what will happen next.
Mark Ritchie, Executive Director of Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy, with Cali Brooks, on turning the right to food in to a reality.
Peter Rosset, Executive Director of Institute for Food and Development
Policy, on achieving the human right to food security.
Richard Schwartz, Professor of Mathematics at The College of Staten
Island, on the problems of the slaughter industry in the United States.
Michael Sligh, Director of Sustainable Agriculture Program for RAFI-USA,
on the problems of the Gene Revolution.
E.G. Vallianatos, author of Fear in the Countryside and Harvest of
Devastation, on the need for agrarian reform.
Robyn Van En, founder of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in the
United States, discusses her work, and ways to recreate community.
Mark Winne, Executive Director of Hartford Food System, on regional food
systems.
Chuck Woolery, Director of Member and Advocacy of the National Council on
International Health, on making food security a national security
priority.
and more. . .
If you would like to receive a FREE sample copy of this special issue of
Why. Magazine, please contact:
Jason Black,
Managing Editor, Why. Magazine
505 8th Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10018
phone: 212-629-8850
fax: 212-465-9274
e-mail: JBatWHY@aol.com
Jason Black,
Managing Editor, Why. Magazine
505 8th Ave., 21st Floor
New York, NY 10018
phone: 212-629-8850
fax: 212-465-9274
email: JBatWHY@aol.com
web: http://www.iglou.com/why