Going organic : mobilizing networks for environmentally responsible food production /

• Main Authors: Lockie, Stewart, (Author), Lyons, Kristen, (Author), Lawrence, Geoffrey, (Author), Halpin, Darren, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Natural foods industry.; Organic farming.; Agricultural Economics.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Marketing and Distribution.; Consumer Economics.; Agricultural production.; Consumers.; Food marketing.; Food production.; Sustainability.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book sets out to assess the current situation of the organic agriculture/food sector, debunking a number of apparently common sense beliefs in the process, viz. that organic consumers are wealthy environmental and health extremists; that growth in the industry will inevitably undermine its envi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Positioning Organics : the Global Context for Organic Foods
• Media Discourses : Capturing the Environment and Health Agenda
• Governing Organic Agriculture
• Producing Organic Foods
• Distribution, Trade and Retailing
• Consuming Organics : Mobilizing 'the Consumer'
• Organics Futures : Competition for the 'Green Market'
• Conclusion.