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Author Grasseni, Cristina.

Title Beyond alternative food networks : Italy's solidarity purchase groups / Cristina Grasseni.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 210 pages .)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Alternative Provisioning Networks; 2 The Reinvention of Food; 3 Reweaving the Economy; 4 Networks in Labor; 5 Seeds of Trust; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; References; Index.
Summary Food activism is core to the contemporary study of food - there are numerous foodscapes which exist within the umbrella definition of food activism from farmer's markets, organic food movements to Fair Trade. This highly original book focuses on one key emerging foodscape dominating the Italian alternative food network (AFN) scene: GAS (gruppi di acquisto solidale or solidarity-based purchase groups) and explores the innovative social dynamics underlying these networks and the reasons behind their success. Based on a detailed 'insider' ethnography, this study interprets the principles behind t.
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Subject Food cooperatives -- Italy.
Fair trade food -- Italy.
Farmers' markets -- Italy.
Food supply -- Economic aspects -- Italy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Farmers' markets
Food cooperatives
Food supply -- Economic aspects
Italy https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvd8mVMcRhwVmbtcqCPcP
Other Form: Print version: Grasseni, Cristina. Beyond alternative food networks. 9780857852281 0857852280 (DLC) 2013021094
ISBN 0857852299 (electronic bk.)
9780857852298 (electronic bk.)
9780857852281 (pbk.)
0857852280 (pbk.)
9780857852274 (hardback)
0857852272 (hardback)