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Summary:

Food and agriculture are in the news daily. Stories in the media highlight issues of abundance, deprivation, pleasure, risk, health, community, and identity. Remaking the North American Food System examines the resurgence of interest in rebuilding the links between agricultural production and food consumption as a way to overcome some of the negative implications of industrial and globalizing trends in the food and agricultural system. Written by a diverse group of scholars and practitioners, the chapters in this volume describe the many efforts throughout North America to craft and sustain alternative food systems that can improve social, economic, environmental, and health outcomes. With examples from Puerto Rico to Oregon to Quebec, this volume offers a broad North American perspective attuned to trends toward globalization at the level of markets and governance and shows how globalization affects the specific localities. The contributors make the case that food can no longer be taken for granted or viewed in isolation. Rather, food should be considered in its connection to community vitality, cultural survival, economic development, social justice, environmental quality, ecological integrity, and human health.

Table of Contents:

• Civic agriculture and the North American food system / Thomas A. Lyson
• Warrior, builder, and weaver work : strategies for changing the food system / G.W. Stevenson, Kathryn Ruhf, Sharon Lezberg, and Kate Clancy
• Farmers' markets as keystones in rebuilding local and regional food systems / Gilbert Gillespie, Duncan L. Hilchey, C. Clare Hinrichs, and Gail Feenstra
• Practical research methods to enhance farmers' markets / Larry Lev, Garry Stephenson, and Linda Brewer
• Community supported agriculture as an agent of change : is it working? / Marcia Ruth Ostrom
• Food policy councils : past, present, and future / Kate Clancy, Janet Hammer, and Debra Lippoldt
• 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
• Eating right here : the role of dietary guidance in remaking community-based food systems / Jennifer Wilkins
• Community-initiated dialogue : strengthening the community through the local food system / Joan S. Thomson, Audrey N. Maretzki, and Alison H. Harmon
• Retail concentration, food deserts, and food-disadvantaged communities in rural America / Troy C. Blanchard and Todd L. Matthews
• Localization in a global context : invigorating local communities in Michigan through the food system / Michael W. Hamm
• Assessing the significance of direct farmer-consumer linkages as a change strategy in Washington State / Marcia Ruth Ostrom and Raymond A. Jussaume, Jr.
• Emerging farmers' markets and the globalization of food retailing : a perspective from Puerto Rico / Viviana Carro-Figueroa and Amy Guptill
• The lamb that roared : origin-labeled products as place-making strategy in Charlevoix, Quebec / Elizabeth Barham
• Be careful what you wish for : democratic challenges and political opportunities for the Michigan organic community / Laura B. DeLind and Jim Bingen
• The social foundation of sustainable agriculture in southeastern Vermont / Matthew Hoffman
• 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:

Hinrichs, C. Clare , editor

Lyson, Thomas A. , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Related Series:

Our sustainable future

Subjects:

Food industry and trade — North America

Produce trade — North America

Food consumption — North America

Sustainable development — North America

Food industry and trade

Produce trade

Food consumption

Sustainable development

North America

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 20, 2016).
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 pages) : illustrations.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HD9005 .R463 2008eb

ISBNs:

9780803215788 (print) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1053531336

Other Control Numbers:

3227259 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP3227259/food