Recommended reading:

Stupid White Men by Michael Moore. There's something still right about America, given that this pungent critique is now number one for several weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Read it and laugh, read it and weep.

Hope's Edge by Frances Moore Lappe. An update and extension of her notable Diet for a Small Planet, this book talks about food as basic to community, as foundational for hope, against a corporate world. Read it!