The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement by Saul, Nick, Curtis, Andrea (2013) Hardcover

Saul, Nick; Curtis, Andrea

ISBN 10: 0307360784 / ISBN 13: 9780307360786

Published by Random House Canada, 2013

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Jacket edgeworn; rubbing wear to spine; signed by Andrea Curtis on title page.

Seller Inventory # 23100202

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement by Saul, Nick, Curtis, Andrea (2013) Hardcover
• Publisher: Random House Canada
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307360784
• ISBN 13: 9780307360786
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Services

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Synopsis

FINALIST 2014 – Heritage Toronto Award

It began as a food bank. It turned into a movement.
 
In 1998, when Nick Saul became executive director of The Stop, the little urban food bank was like thousands of other cramped, dreary, makeshift spaces, a last-hope refuge where desperate people could stave off hunger for one more day with a hamper full of canned salt, sugar and fat. The produce was wilted and the packaged foods were food-industry castoffs—mislabelled products and misguided experiments that no one wanted to buy. For users of the food bank, knowing that this was their best bet for a meal was a humiliating experience.
 
Since that time, The Stop has undergone a radical reinvention. Participation has overcome embarrassment, and the isolation of poverty has been replaced with a vibrant community that uses food to build hope and skills, and to reach out to those who need a meal, a hand and a voice. It is now a thriving, internationally respected Community Food Centre with gardens, kitchens, a greenhouse, farmers’ markets and a mission to revolutionize our food system. Celebrities and benefactors have embraced the vision because they have never seen anything like The Stop. Best of all, fourteen years after his journey started, Nick Saul is introducing this neighbourhood success story to the world.
 
In telling the remarkable story of The Stop’s transformation, Saul and Curtis argue that we need a new politics of food, one in which everyone has a dignified, healthy place at the table. By turns funny, sad and raw, The Stop is a timely story about overcoming obstacles, challenging sacred cows and creating lasting change.