Sociological perspectives of organic agriculture : from pioneer to policy /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Organic farming > Congresses.; Natural foods industry > Congresses.; Sociology, Rural > Congresses.; Agricultural Economics.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Consumer Economics.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000); Food Science and Food Products (Human); Food Composition and Quality.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Rural Sociology, (New March 2000); Behaviour.; Consumer attitudes.; Consumer behaviour.; Food quality.; Organic farming.; Organic foods.; Rural sociology.; Social change.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 309 pages) : illustrations, map, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book focuses on the contributions that organic farming offers to wider social change. It considers the role of all those involved in creating an organic sector. By providing a range of quantitative and qualitative analyses of organic 'farm-to-fork' networks, the book shows how the way organic farming is practiced holds the potential for changes in industry structure - changes that may well form the basis for the food system in the 21st century. The book's 18 chapters are organized around five themes that reflect the continuing development of organic farming and the diversity of the sociological approach to organic food and farming. These themes include: (i) organic movements in northwestern Europe; (ii) organic food quality and the consumer; (iii) problems for organic farmers around the globe; (iv) principles and practice of organic farming; and (v) new directions for organic sector development. The book has a subject index.