Is there ever a time when a book challenges you to think beyond your nose?
This book did just that for me, because the author took me on a journey that I have longed to take part in but never invested my time and resources- the foodscape. Yes, you would like to call it "food system" but it goes beyond just that and involves a lot of people and the earth that produces the food too. I have engaged in a couple of agricultural activities mainly monitoring and evaluation of various organizations here in Kenya that deal with small scale farmers and reading this was a pure delight into the journey a produce makes before it's presented before me as food for consumption.
I loved the insight on the fast food industry and canned food. The author does not just look at the industry but he also proposes some solutions to the various problems encountered.
I wonder what this book would be like if the author had a spin-off where he asked two sets of groups: kids( toddlers) and then teens, on their views on food and what they lean towards. I'd love to read something like that.
I did receive an advance readers copy from NetGalley in exchange for my review, and instead I have included my enlightenment.

Was excited to read No One Eats Alone. I teach an undergraduate class called Food & Community that is all about food system and connections, whether between aspects of the food system or workers, producers, distributors, and eaters. Love the focus on being an engaged and connected citizen as a means to make positive change. Can't wait to see how it goes!

This book was different than I expected. I thought I was going to read stories of people's experience with food in all the different ways (farmers, harvesters, industry leaders, and of course consumers) followed by what we can learn about being more conscious of where our food comes from and why it matters. Instead it was the opposite way around, the author put forward an idea about how to solve different problems in the industry with social change and used research and quotes from interviews to back up his claims. These quotes could come from different sources very quickly, leaving me a bit confused as to who said what at times.
It was dense in parts but overall a very interesting read. I learned about things I had never even heard of (ie, The Green Revolution) and was asked to reconsider some things I thought I knew about and were good ideas (Vitamin D fortified foods)
Overall this was a very interesting book, just a bit more technical, and in some parts disorganized, than I expected. The author did a good job of tying everything together and kept good continuity.