TY - JOUR AU - Merkle, Bethann Garramon PY - 2013/06/21 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Whole Measures Only Partially Measures Up JF - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JA - J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev. VL - 3 IS - 3 SE - Review DO - 10.5304/jafscd.2013.033.013 UR - https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/291 SP - 187-190 AB - <p><em>First paragraph:</em></p><p>"Food can be a common and unifying force socially, culturally, and spiritually,” write the authors of <em>Whole Measures for Community Food Systems (WM CFS), </em>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....</p> ER -