Alternative food geographies representation and practice /

• Other Authors: Maye, Damian., Holloway, Lewis., Kneafsey, Moya.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2007.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Subjects: Food supply.; Food industry and trade.; Sustainable agriculture.; Food relief.; Social Science.; Business.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.; Electronic books.
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Since the late 1990s, agro-food researchers have identified attempts to re-configure food provision around more ethically sound, economically and ecologically sustainable relationships between food producers, processors and consumers. Largely in the context of developed market economies, notions of...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introducing Alternative Food Geographies; Introduction; Alternative Food Geographies: A Short Review; The Structure of the Book: Advancing Debates; Concluding Remarks: Food for Thought; References; PART I Alternative Food Geographies: Concepts and Debates; Chapter 2 Localism, Livelihoods and the 'Post-Organic': Changing Perspectives on Alternative Food Networks in the United States