Hinrichs, C. Clare.
Remaking the North American Food System : Strategies for Sustainability. - 1 online resource (385 pages) - Our Sustainable Future . - Our Sustainable Future .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Practice and Place in Remaking the Food System, C. Clare Hinrichs -- Part I: What's Wrong with the Food System? Orienting Frameworks for Change -- 1. Civic Agriculture and the North American Food System, Thomas A. Lyson -- 2. Warrior, Builder, and Weaver Work: Strategies for Changing the Food System, G.W. Stevenson, Kathryn Ruhf, Sharon Lezberg, and Kate Clancy -- Part II: Institutions and Practices to Remake the Food System -- 3. Farmers' Markets as Keystones in Rebuilding Local and Regional Food Systems, Gilbert Gillespie, Duncan L. Hilchey, C. Clare Hinrichs, and Gail Feenstra -- 4. Practical Research Methods to Enhance Farmers' Markets, Larry Lev, Garry Stephenson, and Linda Brewer -- 5. Community Supported Agriculture as an Agent of Change: Is it Working? Marcia Ruth Ostrom -- 6. Food Policy Councils: Past, Present, and Future, Kate Clancy, Janet Hammer, and Debra Lippoldt -- 7. The "Red Label" Poultry System in France: Lessons for Renewing an Agriculture-of-the-Middle in the United States, G.W. Stevenson and Holly Born -- 8. Eating Right Here: The Role of Dietary Guidance in Remaking Community-based Food Systems, Jennifer Wilkins -- 9. Community-Initiated Dialogue: Strengthening the Community through the Local Food System, Joan S. Thomson, Audrey N. Maretzki, and Alison H. Harmon -- Part III: The Importance of Place and Region in Remaking the Food System -- 10. Retail Concentration, Food Deserts, and Food-Disadvantaged Communities in Rural America, Troy C. Blanchard and Todd L. Matthews -- 11. Localization in a Global Context: Invigorating Local Communities in Michigan through the Food System, Michael W. Hamm. 12. Assessing the Signifi cance of Direct Farmer-Consumer Linkages as a Change Strategy in Washington State: Civic or Opportunistic? Marcia Ruth Ostrom and Raymond A. Jussaume, Jr. -- 13. Emerging Farmers' Markets and the Globalization of Food Retailing: A Perspective from Puerto Rico, Viviana Carro-Figueroa and Amy Guptill -- 14. The Lamb That Roared: Origin-Labeled Products as Place-Making Strategy in Charlevoix, Quebec, Elizabeth Barham -- 15. Be Careful What You Wish For: Democratic Challenges and Political Opportunities for the Michigan Organic Community, Laura B. DeLind and Jim Bingen -- 16. The Social Foundation of Sustainable Agriculture in Southeastern Vermont, Matthew Hoffman -- 17. Community Food Projects and Food System Sustainability, Audrey N. Maretzki and Elizabeth Tuckermanty -- Conclusion: A Full Plate: Challenges and Opportunities in Remaking the Food System, C. Clare Hinrichs and Elizabeth Barham -- Contributors -- Index.
Examines the resurgence of interest in rebuilding the links between agricultural production and food consumption. With examples from Puerto Rico to Oregon to Quebec, this work offers a North American perspective attuned to trends toward globalization at the level of markets and governance and shows how globalization affects specific localities.
9780803215788
Food consumption -- North America.
Food industry and trade -- North America.
Produce trade -- North America.
Sustainable development -- North America.
Electronic books.
HD9005 -- .R46 2007eb
338.1/9097
Remaking the North American Food System : Strategies for Sustainability. - 1 online resource (385 pages) - Our Sustainable Future . - Our Sustainable Future .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Practice and Place in Remaking the Food System, C. Clare Hinrichs -- Part I: What's Wrong with the Food System? Orienting Frameworks for Change -- 1. Civic Agriculture and the North American Food System, Thomas A. Lyson -- 2. Warrior, Builder, and Weaver Work: Strategies for Changing the Food System, G.W. Stevenson, Kathryn Ruhf, Sharon Lezberg, and Kate Clancy -- Part II: Institutions and Practices to Remake the Food System -- 3. Farmers' Markets as Keystones in Rebuilding Local and Regional Food Systems, Gilbert Gillespie, Duncan L. Hilchey, C. Clare Hinrichs, and Gail Feenstra -- 4. Practical Research Methods to Enhance Farmers' Markets, Larry Lev, Garry Stephenson, and Linda Brewer -- 5. Community Supported Agriculture as an Agent of Change: Is it Working? Marcia Ruth Ostrom -- 6. Food Policy Councils: Past, Present, and Future, Kate Clancy, Janet Hammer, and Debra Lippoldt -- 7. The "Red Label" Poultry System in France: Lessons for Renewing an Agriculture-of-the-Middle in the United States, G.W. Stevenson and Holly Born -- 8. Eating Right Here: The Role of Dietary Guidance in Remaking Community-based Food Systems, Jennifer Wilkins -- 9. Community-Initiated Dialogue: Strengthening the Community through the Local Food System, Joan S. Thomson, Audrey N. Maretzki, and Alison H. Harmon -- Part III: The Importance of Place and Region in Remaking the Food System -- 10. Retail Concentration, Food Deserts, and Food-Disadvantaged Communities in Rural America, Troy C. Blanchard and Todd L. Matthews -- 11. Localization in a Global Context: Invigorating Local Communities in Michigan through the Food System, Michael W. Hamm. 12. Assessing the Signifi cance of Direct Farmer-Consumer Linkages as a Change Strategy in Washington State: Civic or Opportunistic? Marcia Ruth Ostrom and Raymond A. Jussaume, Jr. -- 13. Emerging Farmers' Markets and the Globalization of Food Retailing: A Perspective from Puerto Rico, Viviana Carro-Figueroa and Amy Guptill -- 14. The Lamb That Roared: Origin-Labeled Products as Place-Making Strategy in Charlevoix, Quebec, Elizabeth Barham -- 15. Be Careful What You Wish For: Democratic Challenges and Political Opportunities for the Michigan Organic Community, Laura B. DeLind and Jim Bingen -- 16. The Social Foundation of Sustainable Agriculture in Southeastern Vermont, Matthew Hoffman -- 17. Community Food Projects and Food System Sustainability, Audrey N. Maretzki and Elizabeth Tuckermanty -- Conclusion: A Full Plate: Challenges and Opportunities in Remaking the Food System, C. Clare Hinrichs and Elizabeth Barham -- Contributors -- Index.
Examines the resurgence of interest in rebuilding the links between agricultural production and food consumption. With examples from Puerto Rico to Oregon to Quebec, this work offers a North American perspective attuned to trends toward globalization at the level of markets and governance and shows how globalization affects specific localities.
9780803215788
Food consumption -- North America.
Food industry and trade -- North America.
Produce trade -- North America.
Sustainable development -- North America.
Electronic books.
HD9005 -- .R46 2007eb
338.1/9097