This website and its archives is intended to preserve the legacy, stories, and history of the health and natural foods movement- with its eccentrics, fanatics, and visionaries.
Information is the empowering tool that allows us to make healthy choices to protect ourselves, our families and loved ones. Healthfoodhistory.org is designed to remind and rekindle our awareness of the controversies, conspiracies, and challenges faced by the pioneering men and women of the past- legacies that continue to inspire and empower people today.
Another important guidebook by the Nearings. Their writings and lifestyle were role models and mentors for many in the hippie and post-hippie "back to the land" movement.
The book explores how sugar transformed from a luxury good into a global staple, revealing its central role in shaping capitalism, colonialism, and modern consumer culture.