James McWilliams is currently a fellow at Yale University's Agrarian Studies Program, and an associate professor of history at Texas State University. He is the author of two previous books. His articles and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and the Christian Science Monitor

McWilliams has guts. Some of the changes he champions will draw fire from all quarters...but he also presents ideas that may appeal to both the greenerati and capitalistas...McWilliams forgoes sloganeering in favor of measured logic, but he doesn't downplay the notion that a worldwide food crisis is imminent and that we had better fix things. Soon. - Mike Shea, Texas Monthly