{"product_id":"elsewhere-how-the-us-food-system-cultivates-consumes-and-conceals-its-violence-9781959000914","title":"Elsewhere: How the Us Food System Cultivates, Consumes, and Conceals Its Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eElsewhere argues that you can make all of the \"smart\" food choices you want and follow Michael Pollan to the letter, but that won't end the violence in the food system. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEating is an act of violence. With every life-sustaining meal and food purchase, we shorten the lives of farmers, laborers, animals, the planet, and ourselves. This isn't a symptom of a broken food system, but a feature of a \u003ci\u003eworking\u003c\/i\u003e one: our capitalist food system doesn't cause harm accidentally, it does so because it \u003ci\u003ehas\u003c\/i\u003e to. To keep generating wealth, the system moves its violence around, away from privileged producers and consumers and into forgettable elsewheres: reservations, prisons, distant islands, killing floors, inner cities, rural hinterlands, and war-torn countries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This shell-game is not new. \u003ci\u003eElsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e examines the 250-year history of the US food system to uncover how the country used abundance to enrich some and exploit others; how it captured, colonized, and reorganized territory to conceal its harms; and why decades of technological innovation, environmental awareness, and consumer consciousness haven't staunched these self-inflicted wounds. \u003ci\u003eElsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to ask different questions about the food system: where does its violence come from, where does it go, and how can we nurture a food system that first does no harm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959000914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.86d","brand":"Stian Rice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024744407221,"sku":"9781959000914","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781959000914.jpg?v=1787667942","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/elsewhere-how-the-us-food-system-cultivates-consumes-and-conceals-its-violence-9781959000914","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}