Annotated Biblio.

Norberg-Hodge, Helena, Todd Merrifield, and Steven Gorelick. Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness. Bloomfield: Kumarian Press Inc., 2002.
This book will be quite helpful to my group while compiling our research about farmers market because it explores many different aspects of the global food systems and how it compares to locally grown produce and other foods. Food chemicals versus organically grown foods are discussed as well as how farmers markets can keep money and jobs in a community’s local economy. There is an entire section in the book about how farmer’s markets relate to the economy which is perfect for my section of the project since that is my primary focus. Corporate-owned factory farms are causing the local food market to struggle tremendously. The only way farmers have been able to survive is by capitalizing on staying small and staying local. It is important for some people to know where their food is coming from and form a relationship with the person who is providing them with food. These types of people keep local farmer’s markets alive. The book explains that CSAs and farmers’ markets don’t have a middle man and this is why they are able to keep costs low. This information conflicts with other research that has stated that farmers’ markets are actually more expensive but I actually believe what the book says is more accurate. Not only can the farmers sell their produce for less but they actually make more of a profit. The book explores how supporting CSAs and farmers’ markets keep more money in communities and keeps citizens more healthy which is an other important aspect of our over all topic.