“Michael Brownlee confronts the reality of our impending food crisis like nobody else I know. He delivers the hard-nosed facts about the inevitable collapse of our global food system—sugar-coating and sparing nothing—and then in soaring, absolutely poetic language calls us to the critical work of rebuilding our local foodsheds, yard by yard, farm by farm, locality by locality. If you like to eat, and want to continue doing so, read this book by America’s leading voice on food localization. It will wake you up and stir you to start working while there's still time to prepare.”

“In our culture, local food is still largely regarded as a kind of hippie phenomenon which will always be only a tiny part of our ‘real’ industrial food system. But in Michael Brownlee’s new book, we are introduced to an altogether new description of the future of food, and how some of the many challenges that will evolve in the decades ahead will necessarily transform our food system into a kind of bioregionalism that is grounded in our local social and ecological communities. This local food revolution promises to provide us with a healthier, more  resilient, regenerative food system that will be essential to our ability to feed ourselves in our not-too-distant challenging future. Interestingly, author John Thackara confirms that such bioregional economies, including food systems, are in fact already beginning to emerge throughout the world (How to Thrive in the Next Economy, 2015). So Brownlee’s book is one that anyone interested in the future of food should read!”

“Read this book. Regenerating local food networks is one of the most crucial tasks of our time if we are to restore human health, climate stability, and the environment.”

“Once again Michael Brownlee has crafted a meticulous guidebook to heal our disconnected food system. In Reclaiming the Future, his compassionate yet brutally honest voice taps into an ancient consciousness that awakens an emerging fire within, demanding immediate change. This voice is our moral compass. In reclaiming our regional foodsheds we are not only planting seeds of hope, but we are establishing the salvation and freedom of our global tribe. This is a breathtaking work of tremendous magnitude and impact that will resonate for generations into the future.”

“Michael Brownlee thinks deeply about where our food should be coming from, and has explored these dimensions for years. He opens for us a new discipline: deep food ecology. Read and be amazed, then determine to chart an unblazed path as Michael has done.”

“If you feel spiritually called to be involved in the local food movement, but aren’t sure about your place within it, you need to read Michael Brownlee’s book. Reclaiming the Future is based on the premise that local foods are not a food fad or niche market but reflect the emergence of inevitable evolutionary change that ultimately will transform the entire food system. He writes, ‘the first three stages of the evolution of modern civilization have brought us to the brink of global disaster.’ The local food revolution is a logical response to this crisis. It’s not easy to be deliberate in the midst of a crisis, but that is exactly what Brownlee asks us to do. He quotes Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.’ Brownlee believes many are called to be ‘catalysts’ of the local food revolution, but must be patient. We can be facilitators of the great food transformation but cannot make it happen. We simply need to fulfill our purpose as responsible members of the moral universe as it evolves toward a new era of individual and community betterment. Brownlee believes many of us will find our purpose within the local food movement.”

“Restoring our relationships to food, the land, and each other is long-term difficult work. Michael Brownlee has demonstrated the determination and creativity needed to improve our local food systems. His new book, Reclaiming the Future, delivers important lessons learned and approaches that can be used by communities across the U.S. to take food system relocalization into their own hands.”

"Brownlee boldly confronts the tsunami of damage to human and planetary well-being stemming from the dominant food system and its associated ideologies. Following Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry, the author anchors all hope on our individual agency as co-creators in the universal evolutionary project. It is a project of blind faith in a race against business as usual. With everything to lose, a regenerative revolution begins.”

“Beyond imparting facts, beyond organizing a movement, beyond an engraved invitation to activism, Reclaiming the Future is a clarion call not only to forge radical local food movements, but to a spiritual awakening that has literally erupted from the Earth in the sacred act of eating. On the one hand, freedom and human sovereignty are at stake. On the other hand, through involvement with conscious, vibrant local food movements, we are being offered the opportunity to immerse ourselves in our ‘spiritual DNA’ in order to rediscover who we really are and what we really came here to do. Reclaim your food, reclaim your future.”

"The time has come to commit to the local food movement—to give folks the tools to grow their own food in their own communities, and to take control of what has become an unsustainable way of producing food. The steps are simple, and the longing to return to something more tangible—that you can feel, smell, and touch—will make the local food movement thrive.”

“In Reclaiming the Future, Michael Brownlee issues a distinctive call to all those who have ears to hear to become local food revolutionaries and evolutionary catalysts. Ten years ago, at a critical moment in my own development, he did the same for me, and I have never looked back. If you pick up this book, be prepared for the adventure of a lifetime!”

“In Reclaiming the Future, Brownlee sends out a revolutionary call to action for citizens to unite and reclaim our food security, food sovereignty, and our connections to life and one another. Reconnecting to our food by growing healthy and regenerative local and regional foodsheds that promote life rather than destroy life is imperative. For those who sense this call to action but don't know where to start, this book is a must read.”

“There is not a single nail that Brownlee does not squarely hit on the head in this new book. It is painfully on-point and relevant for me given where I am spiritually, professionally, and in terms of the commitment I am making to my community. Specifically, I do not wish to be an activist, but the description of a local food catalyst resonates perfectly.”