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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Joan Gussow, mother of the sustainable food movement
  • Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:27:22 -0700


The (not so) New Agtivist: Joan Gussow, mother of the sustainable food
movement
http://www.grist.org/article/food-2011-01-12-the-not-so-new-agtivist-joan-gussow
12 Jan 2011 10:38 AM

Few would argue that Joan Dye Gussow is the mother of the sustainable food
movement. For more than 30 years, she's been writing, teaching (she is
emeritus chair of the Teachers College nutrition program at Columbia
University), and speaking about our unsustainable food system and how to fix
it. (This excellent article by journalist Brian Halweil showcases her work in
detail.) Now more than ever, her ideas have wings. Michael Pollan, for
example, has said, "Once in a while, when I have an original thought, I look
around and realize Joan said it first."

Gussow lives what she teaches, growing most of her own food year-round in
her backyard. The New York Times profiled her last spring as she was
rebuilding her garden after it was destroyed by a flood. When I asked her
about her newly rebuilt garden, she said, "It's given me 10 additional years
of life, at least!"

I spoke to her recently about how far we've come, the future of the food
system, and her new book, Growing, Older: A Chronicle of Death, Life, and
Vegetables.

Interview:




  • [Livingontheland] Joan Gussow, mother of the sustainable food movement, Tradingpost, 01/17/2011

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