Films and Books Mentioned at Rural Life Day

Rural Life Day conference speakers and participants shared a large collection of books and films focused on food production and sustainability. These resources supported the presentations and topics discussed during the 2013 Rural Life Day in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Books

Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty
by Mark Winne
Beacon Press, 2009

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2007

The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities
by Will Allen
Gotham, 2012

Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction
by Barry C. Lynn
Wiley, 2011

Slaughterhouse Blues: The Meat and Poultry Industry in North America
by Donald D. Stull, Michael Broadway
Cengage Learning, 2012

Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America
by Wenonah Hauter
The New Press, 2012

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2007

The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement
by Nick Saul, Andrea Curtis
Random House Canada, 2013

Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
by Robert D. Lupton
HarperOne, 2011

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Paperback
by Eric Schlosser
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001

The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business
by Christopher Leonard
Simon & Schuster, 2014 (forthcoming)

Films

Food, Inc
2010

Fresh: New Thinking About What We're Eating
2009

Fast Food Nation
2006

Bitter Seeds
2011

GMO OMG
2013

Symphony of the Soil
View Trailer
2012

Radio Programs

This weekly radio show is produced by Dan Hemmelgarn and hosted by Melinda Hemmelgarn, one of the participants in the panel during the last session of Rural Life Day. The show is produced out of KOPN 89.5 FM community radio station in Columbia, Missouri and features guests and many of the topics discussed during Rural Life Day, including issues of sustainability, food production, food safety, healthy food choices, among others.

Here is a sample of one of the shows with guest Anna Lappé:




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