Whole Measures Only Partially Measures Up

Abstract

First paragraph:

"Food can be a common and unifying force socially, culturally, and spiritually,” write the authors of Whole Measures for Community Food Systems (WM CFS), a truth with which I heartily agree. In the past decade, I have been a teacher, student, organ­izer, dreamer, schemer, more recently a gar­dener, and always an eater. Much of my personal and professional energy is directed toward food-related initiatives. Particularly in multicultural and multilingual environments, food has proven a com­mon language, providing fertile soil in which these efforts are cultivated....