The Food Sharing Revolution How Start-Ups, Pop-Ups, and Co-Ops are C
Marvin is a contract hog farmer in Iowa. He owns his land, his barn, his tractor, and his animal crates. He has seen profits drop steadily for the last twenty years and feels trapped. Josh is a dairy farmer on a cooperative in Massachusetts. He doesn’t ow
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MICHAEL S. CAROLAN
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The Food Sharing Revolution
The Food Sharing Revolution HOW START-UPS, POP-UPS, AND CO-OPS ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE EAT
Michael S. Carolan
Washington | Covelo | London
Copyright © 2018 Michael S. Carolan All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, 2000 M Street, NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20036. ISLAND PRESS is a trademark of the Center for Resource Economics. Library of Congress Control Number: 2018941933 All Island Press books are printed on environmentally responsible materials. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Keywords: collaborative consumption, platform cooperativism, food sovereignty, food justice, co-op, community supported agriculture (CSA), agribusiness, sustainable agriculture, Uber, Airbnb.
Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Ownership through Sharing 1 Chapter 1. A Nightmare Realized 19 Chapter 2. When Sharing Is Illegal 39 Chapter 3. The Promise of Access 55 Chapter 4. Social Trade-offs 71 Chapter 5. Putting Shared Technologies to Work 85 Chapter 6. Overcoming Barriers 103 Chapter 7. Walls Make Terrible Neighbors 117 Chapter 8. From Pricks to Partners 133 Chapter 9. Food Sovereignty 147 Notes 161 Index 175
Acknowledgments
Airports are curious places. People coming and going, nameless faces attached to rushing bodies—rushing, often, so they can be among the first to wait. I was having one of these waits recently at Denver International Airport when I heard my name and felt a hand placed on my arm. I turned, saw a thin arm, and followed it down to a bony wrist, out of which sprang bluish veins beneath papery skin. I looked up and recognized the face that peered back at me. It belonged to someone whom I had interviewed for this book. The manuscript had been written, at least a first draft, so I was able to outline its contents while we waited together, making sure to repeatedly thank her for her earlier willingness to be interviewed. Most of what I know, I know because people have been incredibly generous with their time. As I like to tell people, I earned my real degree interviewing people, after getting my PhD. I wish I could express personally my gratitude, punctuated with a handshake or hug, to everyone who gave to this project. Thanks to everyone who donated their time to be interviewed for The Food Sharing Revolution. Time is precious; I realize that. I hope I have respected that gift by accurately recounting your stories. ix
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I owe no less gratitude to Emily Turner. I continue to learn by the grace of your experience
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