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Growing local
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ISBN: 080325816X 080325699X 9780803256996 0803254857 1322401519 9780803254855 9780803258167 9780803258198 0803258194 Year: 2014 Publisher: Lincoln

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In an increasingly commercialized world, the demand for better quality, healthier food has given rise to one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. food system: locally grown food. Many believe that "relocalization" of the food system will provide a range of public benefits, including lower carbon emissions, increased local economic activity, and closer connections between consumers, farmers, and communities. The structure of local food supply chains, however, may not always be capable of generating these perceived benefits.Growing Local reports the findings from a coordinated series of c


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Selling local
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ISBN: 0253027098 9780253027092 9780253026989 0253026989 Year: 2017 Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana


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Subsistence under capitalism : historical and contemporary perspectives
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ISBN: 0773598782 0773598774 9780773598775 9780773598782 0773546995 9780773546998 9780773547001 0773547002 Year: 2016 Publisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,

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"The complex relationship between subsistence practices and formal markets should be a growing matter of concern for those uneasy with the stark contrast between commercial and local food systems, especially since self-provisioning has never been limited to the margins. In fact, subsistence occupies a central space in local and global economies and networks. Bringing together essays from diverse disciplines to reflect on the meaning of subsistence in theory and in practice, in historical and contemporary contexts, in Canada and beyond, Subsistence under Capitalism offers a collective study on the ways in which local food systems have been repeatedly shoved into the shadows by the drive to establish and expand capitalist markets. Considering fishing, farming, and other forms of subsistence provisioning, the essays in this volume document the persistence of these practices despite capitalist government policies that actively seek to subsume them. Presenting viable alternatives to capitalist production and exchange, the contributors explain the critical interplay between politics, local provisioning, and the ultimate survival of society. Illuminating new kinds of engagements with nature and community, Subsistence under Capitalism looks behind the scenes of subsistence food provisioning to challenge the dominant economic thought of the modern world."--


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Local food systems
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ISBN: 1536102733 9781536102734 9781536102727 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York


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The Chesapeake Table
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ISBN: 1421426900 9781421426907 9781421426891 1421426897 Year: 2018 Publisher: Baltimore

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Touching on everything from farm-based breweries and distilleries to urban hoop house farms to grass-fed beef, The Chesapeake Table celebrates the people working hard to put great local food on our plates.


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Earth eats
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ISBN: 9780253026934 0253026938 9780253026293 0253026296 Year: 2017 Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana

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"Focusing on local products, sustainability, and popular farm-to-fork dining trends, Earth Eats: Real Food Green Living compiles the best recipes, tips, and tricks to plant, harvest, and prepare local food. Along with renowned chef Daniel Orr, Earth Eats radio host Annie Corrigan presents tips, grouped by season, on keeping your farm or garden in top form, finding the best in-season produce at your local farmers' market, and stocking your kitchen effectively. The market section showcases what locally produced food will be available throughout the year, and the kitchen section is amply stuffed with more than 200 delicious, original, and tested recipes, reflecting the dishes that can be made with these local foods. In addition to tips and recipes, Corrigan and Orr profile individuals who are on the front lines of the changing food ecosystem, detailing the challenges they and the local food movement face. With more than 80 color photos, Earth Eats showcases local food at its finest and features everything the local grower and food enthusiast needs to know all year round, including how to cook up a healthy compost heap, nurture a failing bee colony, create an all-natural deer repellant, and ferment delicious vegetables."--


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Rediscovery of landraces as a resource for the future
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ISBN: 1789237254 1789237246 1838813969 Year: 2018 Publisher: IntechOpen

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In recent years, all over the world, the attention paid to local and traditional productions is growing, especially in the agro-food sector. Maybe, it is not only due to the impact of globalization and the social and economic changes but also due to the increased consideration to health and nutritional aspects of food. Hence, for economic, social, historical, and nutritional reasons, this trend has led to the rediscovery and reuse of landraces of many different crops, responding to requests for more and more demanding market. This volume collects examples of local crops and old landraces of different areas of the planet that testify the extreme importance of the relation existing among a land, the local productions, the historical traditions, the conservation of biodiversity, the health benefits, the environmental impact and the local economies, also including the significance to dedicate resources to scientific researches in local crops.


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Eco-alchemy
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ISBN: 0520964381 9780520964389 9780520290051 Year: 2018 Publisher: Oakland, California

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For nearly a century, the worldwide anthroposophical movement has been a catalyst for environmental activism, helping to bring to life many modern ecological practices such as organic farming, community-supported agriculture, and green banking. Yet the spiritual practice of anthroposophy remains unknown to most environmentalists. A historical and ethnographic study of the environmental movement, Eco-Alchemy uncovers for the first time the profound influences of anthroposophy and its founder, Rudolf Steiner, whose holistic worldview, rooted in esoteric spirituality, inspired the movement. Dan McKanan shows that environmentalism is itself a complex ecosystem and that it would not be as diverse or as transformative without the contributions of anthroposophy.


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Naming food after places : food relocalization and knowledge dynamics in rural development
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ISBN: 0754677184 9786612785757 0754694364 1282785753 1317090756 9780754694366 9781282785755 9780754677185 9781317090755 6612785756 9781315597195 9781317090748 9781138257740 1317090764 1315597195 Year: 2010 Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate,

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Bringing together a range of case studies from Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Poland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Greece, this book compares and contrasts different models of food re-localization. It examines, from the perspective of all actors involved, how networks are built, what the vulnerabilities are, and the sustainability of rural development.


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The life of cheese
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ISBN: 1784024430 128364634X 0520954025 9780520954021 9780520270176 0520270177 9780520270183 0520270185 6613958840 9786613958846 9781283646345 Year: 2013 Volume: 41 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. Heather Paxson's beautifully written anthropological study of American artisanal cheesemaking tells the story of how craftwork has become a new source of cultural and economic value for producers as well as consumers. Dairy farmers and artisans inhabit a world in which their colleagues and collaborators are a wild cast of characters, including plants, animals, microorganisms, family members, employees, and customers. As "unfinished" commodities, living products whose qualities are not fully settled, handmade cheeses embody a mix of new and old ideas about taste and value. By exploring the life of cheese, Paxson helps rethink the politics of food, land, and labor today.

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