Civic Agriculture : Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community /
Thomas A. Lyson.
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Medford, Mass. : Lebanon, N.H. : : Tufts University Press ; : University Press of New England, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (161 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 | Introduction: Community Agriculture and Local Food Systems; Civic Agriculture; Farming and Food Today; A Place for Civic Agriculture; Plan of the Book; 2 | From Subsistence to Production: How American Agriculture Was Made Modern; Agriculture and Rural Life; The Emergence of Modern Economic Forms; Early Agricultural Development; Three Agricultural Revolutions; The Social Construction of Modern Economic Categories; Civic Economy, Economic Embeddedness, and the Informal Economy; The Civic/Embedded Economy in the United States. - 3 | Going Global: The Industrialization and Consolidation of Agriculture and Food Production in the United StatesFrom Craft Production to Mass Production; The Trend toward Concentration and Consolidation; Changing Geography of Production; Distancing: Separating Production and Consumption; Control of Farmland; Labor Intensification; Supply Chains; 4 | The Global Supply Chain; The Global Food System; The Jolly Green Giant as a Corporate Migrant; Grocery Wars; Corporate Reach: The Men and Women behind the Food System; Whither the Poor Consumer?; 5 | Toward a Civic Agriculture. - Moving toward Civic AgricultureTheoretical Underpinnings of Civic Agriculture; Walter Goldschmidt's Landmark Study; Production Districts; Two Models of Agricultural Development; Neoclassical Economics versus Pragmatism; Production versus Development Frameworks; Experimental Biology versus Ecological Biology; Corporate versus Community Orientation; Corporate Middle Class versus Independent Middle Class; Political Processes and Power; Motors for Change; Civic Agriculture and Sustainable Agriculture; Why Didn't Small Business Flourish?; 6 | Civic Agriculture and Community Agriculture Development. - Profiling Civic AgricultureCommunity-Supported Agriculture; Restaurant Agriculture; Farmers' Markets; Roadside Stands; Urban Agriculture, City Farming, Community Gardens; Measuring Civic Agriculture; 7 | From Commodity Agriculture to Civic Agriculture; Commodity Agriculture; Refashioning Farming to Fit the Marketplace; Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community: Tools for Change; Civic Agriculture: Moving from the Marketplace to the Community; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - A engaging analysis of food production in the United States emphasizing that sustainable agricultural development is important to community health.
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| ISBN | 1584654139 (hbk.) : : £33.95. - 1584654147 (pbk.) : : £11.50
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