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Author : Thomas A. Lyson
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781611683035
A engaging analysis of food production in the United States emphasizing that sustainable agricultural development is important to community health.
Author : DAVID LEVINSON,KAREN CHRISTENSEN
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 2045 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761925989
The Encyclopedia of Community is a major four volume reference work that seeks to define one of the most widely researched topics in the behavioural and social sciences. Community itself is a concept, an experience, and a central part of being human. This pioneering major reference work seeks to provide the necessary definitions of community far beyond the traditional views.
Author : C. Clare Hinrichs,Thomas A. Lyson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780803215788
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.
Author : Sue Booth,John Coveney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789812874238
This book explores the links between food and democracy. It addresses how democratic principles can be used to shape our food system and takes a practical ‘how-to’ approach to using democratic processes to regain control of the food we eat. It also highlights what food democracy looks like on the ground and how individuals, communities and societies can be empowered to access, cook and eat healthy food in ways that are sustainable. Food democracy, as a concept, is a social movement based on the idea that people can and should be able to actively participate in shaping the food system rather than being passive spectators. The book is useful for university and advanced TAFE courses that cover topics examining food in health sciences, social sciences and other areas of study. It is also relevant to health practitioners, nutritionists, food advocates, policy makers and others with a keen interest in exploring an alternative to the industrial food system known as “Big Food.”
Author : Michael Carolan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136488160
As interest has increased in topics such as the globalization of the agrifood system, food security, and food safety, the subjects of food and agriculture are making their way into a growing number of courses in disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, like sociology and food studies. This book is an introductory textbook aimed at undergraduate students, and is suitable for those with little or no background in sociology. The author starts by looking at the recent development of agriculture under capitalism and neo-liberal regimes and the transformation of farming from a small-scale, family-run business to a globalized system. The consequent changes in rural employment and role of multinationals in controlling markets are described. Topics such as the global hunger and obesity challenges, GM foods, and international trade and subsidies are assessed as part of the world food economy. The second section of the book focuses on community impacts, food and culture, and diversity. Later chapters examine topics such as food security, alternative and social movements, food sovereignty, local versus global, and fair trade. All chapters include learning objectives and recommendations for further reading to aid student learning.
Author : Thomas A. Lyson,G. W. Stevenson,Rick Welsh
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262622158
Agriculture in the United States today increasingly operates in two separate spheres: large, corporate-connected commodity production and distribution systems and small-scale farms that market directly to consumers. As a result, midsize family-operated farms find it increasingly difficult to find and reach markets for their products. They are too big to use the direct marketing techniques of small farms but too small to take advantage of corporate marketing and distribution systems. This crisis of the midsize farm results in a rural America with weakened municipal tax bases, job loss, and population flight. Food and the Mid-Level Farm discusses strategies for reviving an "agriculture of the middle" and creating a food system that works for midsize farms and ranches. Activists, practitioners, and scholars from a variety of disciplines, including sociology, political science, and economics, consider ways midsize farms can regain vitality by scaling up aspects of small farms' operations to connect with consumers, organizing together to develop markets for their products, developing food supply chains that preserve farmer identity and are based on fair business agreements, and promoting public policies (at international, federal, state, and community levels) that address agriculture-of-the-middle issues. Food and the Mid-Level Farm makes it clear that the demise of midsize farms and ranches is not a foregone conclusion and that the renewal of an agriculture of the middle will benefit all participants in the food system--from growers to consumers. Thomas A. Lyson was Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University until his death in 2006. He was the author of Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community. G.W. Stevenson is Senior Scientist with the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-- Madison. Rick Welsh is Associate Professor of Sociology at Clarkson University.
Author : Craig Pearson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136543142
Most of us live in cities. These are becoming increasingly complex and removed from broad-scale agriculture. Yet within cities there are many examples of greenspaces and local food production that bring multiple benefits that often go unnoticed. This book presents a collection of the latest thinking on the multiple dimensions of sustainable greenspace and food production within cities. It describes the diversity of 'urban agriculture' and seeks a balanced representation between the biophysical and the social. It deals with urban agriculture across scales - from indoor plants to farm-scale filtration of greywater. A range of examples and initiatives from both developed and developing countries is described and evaluated.
Author : Raymond De Young,Thomas Princen
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262516877
Readings that point the way to a peaceful, democratic, and ecologically resilient transition to an era of localization, limits, and societal opportunities. Energy supplies are tightening. Persistent pollutants are accumulating. Food security is declining. There is no going back to the days of reckless consumption, but there is a possibility—already being realized in communities across North America and around the world—of localizing, of living well as we learn to live well within immutable constraints. This book maps the transition to a more localized world. Society is shifting from the centrifugal forces of globalization (cheap and abundant raw materials and energy, intensive commercialization, concentrated economic and political power) to the centripetal forces of localization: distributed authority and leadership, sustainable use of nearby natural resources, community self-reliance and cohesion (with crucial regional, national, and international dimensions). This collection, offering classic texts by such writers as Wendell Berry, M. King Hubbert, and Ernst F. Schumacher, as well as new work by authors including Karen Litfin and David Hess, shows how localization—a process of affirmative social change—can enable psychologically meaningful and fulfilling lives while promoting ecological and social sustainability. Topics range from energy dynamics to philosophies of limits, from the governance of place-based communities to the discovery of positive personal engagement. Together they point the way to a transition that can be peaceful, democratic, just, and environmentally resilient.
Author : A. Bryce Hoflund,John C. Jones,Michelle C. Pautz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351649131
Presently, ideas about food are in flux from a variety of sources. Examples of this evolution include recognizing the importance of food on health by public health and medical professionals; changing consumer desires around the production methods and components of their food; a greater focus on injustices within the national food system; evolving knowledge of how the food system impacts the environment; and, shifting economic and technological realities that underpin where and how food is produced, distributed and sold. These shifting ideas about food exist in contrast to the narrative of the highly functioning, industrialized, global food system that emerged in the second half of the 20th century. This edited volume fills a void by presenting a comprehensive and engaging coverage of the key issues at the intersection of public health, policy, and food. The Intersection of Food and Public Health is comprised of research that examines current problems in food studies and how various stakeholders are attempting to address problems in unique ways. The book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines, including public administration, public policy, public health, economics, political science, nutrition, dietetics, and food studies.
Author : Lionel J. "Bo" Beaulieu,Jeffrey L. Jordan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317850601
This book illustrates the ways in which communities can strengthen the links and set the stage for long-term partnerships between sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural community development initiatives. It provides lessons learned, first, from the community development literature that can help shape sustainable agriculture strategies, and second, from the sustainable agriculture literature that can prove useful in moulding sound and effective community development strategies. The threads that weave the chapters together is the commitment to a building and expanding the community capital resources that have important bearing on the sustainability of agriculture and the broader community of which it is a part. Certainly, the success of the agriculture/community partnerships is rooted in one critical ingredient – "social capital." To be effective over the long-term, sustainable development depends on a network of people, drawn from a wide array of interests, who have a strong trusting relationship with one another, and who are willing to work together in responding to the economic, environmental, and social challenges facing agriculture and community alike. At the same time, strategies that work to strengthen the stock of all seven types of community capitals are important to pursue. It is balanced investments in all seven types of community capitals that will contribute to the emergence of "community agency" -- the ability of local people to act in a proactive manner in managing, utilizing, and enhancing local resources. With the emergence of "community agency," an important step in the pursuit of a sustainable future for both agriculture and community is possible. This book was published as a special issue of Community Development.
Author : Sharon Y. Nickols,Gwen Kay
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780820348063
These new essays, relevant for a variety of fields--history, women's studies, STEM, and family and consumer sciences itself--take current and historical perspectives on home economics philosophy, social responsibility, and public outreach; food and clothing; gender and race in career settings; and challenges to the field's identity and continuity.
Author : Joseph P. Stoltman
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 911 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781412974646
This is a theoretical and practical guide on how to undertake and navigate advanced research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PKEY:6610000551149
What is Local Purchasing Local purchasing is a preference to buy locally produced goods and services rather than those produced farther away. It is very often abbreviated as a positive goal, "buy local" or "buy locally', that parallels the phrase "think globally, act locally", common in green politics. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Local purchasing Chapter 2: Fair trade Chapter 3: Local currency Chapter 4: Marginal utility Chapter 5: Import substitution industrialization Chapter 6: Local food Chapter 7: Community-supported agriculture Chapter 8: Sustainable industries Chapter 9: Farmers' market Chapter 10: Agribusiness Chapter 11: Food miles Chapter 12: History of fair trade Chapter 13: Civic agriculture Chapter 14: Lorenz curve Chapter 15: Tableau économique Chapter 16: Domestic sourcing Chapter 17: Peasant economics Chapter 18: Impact of farmers' markets on economies within the United States Chapter 19: Food sovereignty in Bolivia Chapter 20: Alternative purchase network Chapter 21: Elasticity (economics) (II) Answering the public top questions about local purchasing. (III) Real world examples for the usage of local purchasing in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Local Purchasing.
Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on Twenty-First Century Systems Agriculture
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309157490
In the last 20 years, there has been a remarkable emergence of innovations and technological advances that are generating promising changes and opportunities for sustainable agriculture, yet at the same time the agricultural sector worldwide faces numerous daunting challenges. Not only is the agricultural sector expected to produce adequate food, fiber, and feed, and contribute to biofuels to meet the needs of a rising global population, it is expected to do so under increasingly scarce natural resources and climate change. Growing awareness of the unintended impacts associated with some agricultural production practices has led to heightened societal expectations for improved environmental, community, labor, and animal welfare standards in agriculture. Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century assesses the scientific evidence for the strengths and weaknesses of different production, marketing, and policy approaches for improving and reducing the costs and unintended consequences of agricultural production. It discusses the principles underlying farming systems and practices that could improve the sustainability. It also explores how those lessons learned could be applied to agriculture in different regional and international settings, with an emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. By focusing on a systems approach to improving the sustainability of U.S. agriculture, this book can have a profound impact on the development and implementation of sustainable farming systems. Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century serves as a valuable resource for policy makers, farmers, experts in food production and agribusiness, and federal regulatory agencies.
Author : Donald Cole,Diana Lee-Smith,George Nasinyama
Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Food supply
ISBN : 9290603550