In today's fast-paced, fast-food world we all seem to be eating alone, all the time - whether it's at our desks or in the car. And as much as we feel cut off from our friends and families, we certainly feel even more disconnected from all the other people in our vast foodscapes. Yet according to Michael Carolan in his book NO ONE EATS ALONE, whether or not we realize it, every single person who eats, which is everyone, is connected by food and affected by everyone else in our foodscapes.
On this episode we talk with Michael Carolan about how we become citizen-eaters rather than consumer-eaters, when we reconnect with who grows and distributes the food we eat and who shapes our decisions about what we eat.
MICHAEL CAROLAN is professor of sociology and associate dean for research at the College of Liberal Arts at Colorado State University, and author of The Real Cost of Cheap Food; The Sociology of Food and Agriculture; Reclaiming Food Security; and Cheaponomics: The High Cost of Low Prices.
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