Re-food, Emily King
Publication date 30th June 2023
RRP $45.00, PB, 336pp
ISBN: 9781991179852
“Emily King offers us power. She lays out – with engaging, fast-paced prose – why and how our food choices matter. As King makes the connections, our ‘food system’ is no longer an abstraction. We see how plant-and-planet-centered farming and eating enhance our own wellbeing and that of our fellow Earthlings, all while confronting the climate emergency and restoring the Earth. What a deal! Thank you, Emily!”
In Re-food, Emily advocates for a food systems approach to Aotearoa New Zealand’s troubled food networks – one that takes into account the full paths and processes from the farm to the family table.
The book looks at the best path forward to address challenges we face with soils, waterways, climate change, food waste, packaging, unhealthy diets and a lack of access to food.
Written in three parts: Grow, Make and Nourish, Re-food traverses the food system and unpacks its issues along the way while providing timely and relevant ideas and inspiration for readers to solve these problems.
It also offers tools, insights and mindset changes that chart a path towards a healthier, more sustainable food future, one which incorporates Te Ao Māori and our strengths as a top quality food producing nation.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR – Emily King
Emily is an internationally recognised thought leader in food systems change. Environmental lawyer turned advocate, Emily has more than a decade’s experience working in and researching food systems. It’s a journey that’s taken her from investigating seed practices in Cuba to running a climate change adaptation forum focusing on resilient urban food in Germany, hunting out ways to change the food system. Emily created Spira in 2017 to help more businesses and organisations throughout Aotearoa contribute to positive fixes in the food system. She’s helped councils, industry, government and numerous community groups come up with leading answers to our most pressing food systems challenges.
EMILY KING IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW / EXTRACTS AND IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.
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