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The Stop : how the fight for healthy food transformed an inner-city neighbourhood

ISBN: 9780307360786 (hc.)
ISBN: 0307360784 (hc.)
Physical Description: print xviii, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, 2013.

Saul, Nick. (Author). Curtis, Andrea. (Added Author).

Summary: In 1998, when community worker Nick Saul became executive director of The Stop, it was like thousands of other food banks - offering canned handouts in a cramped, dreary, makeshift space. Today, it is a thriving, internationally respected community food centre. In telling the remarkable story of The Stop's transformation, Saul argues that we need a new politics of food in which everyone has a dignified, healthy place at the table. By turns funny and sad and full of the drama of life on the margins, "The Stop" is a fresh and timely story about overcoming obstacles, challenging sacred cows, and creating lasting change.