| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 358 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 'relocalization' and the 'quality turn' have figured prominently in discussions about these 'alternative' food geographies. Emerging empirical research, however, is now challenging some of the assumptions embedded within such discussions. This book critically reflects on the great diversity of debat. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in English. |
| Subject |
Food supply.
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Food supply. |
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Food industry and trade.
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Food industry and trade. |
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Sustainable agriculture.
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Sustainable agriculture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Maye, Damian, editor.
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Holloway, Lewis, editor.
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Kneafsey, Moya, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alternative food geographies. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2007 9780080450186 0080450180 (OCoLC)85897675 |
| ISBN |
9780080546445 (electronic book) |
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0080546447 (electronic book) |
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0080450180 (Cloth) |
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9780080450186 |
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