In this article I develop a political economic understanding of community-supported
agriculture (CSA). I first develop the relevance of three concepts—economic rents, self …

The idea of “food miles,” the distance that food has to be shipped, has entered into debates
in both popular and academic circles about local eating. An oft-cited figure claims that the …

Localized urban food systems are gaining attention from policy makers, planners, and
advocates for benefits that go well beyond food production and consumption. Recognizing …

This highly original work examines the rise of the urban food planning movement in the
Global North and provides insights into the new relationship between cities and food which …

The concept of agroecology in the United States is born out of a dialectical process of co-
production of knowledge whereby the science of agroecology has shaped and been shaped …

Abstract Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) faces substantial challenges in
increasingly saturated and competitive markets in which competitors highlight their …

The effects of competition within alternative food networks (AFNs) remain largely
unexplored. Using a study of farms that operate C ommunity S upported A griculture (CSA) …

In the US there has been considerable interest in connecting low-income households to
alternative food networks like Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). To learn more about …

For over 20 years, the concept of “food deserts” has served as an evocative metaphor,
signifying spatialized patterns of injustice associated with low access to nutritious foods …

Discussions of diversified farming systems (DFS) rarely mention rangelands: the grasslands,
shrublands, and savannas that make up roughly one-third of Earth's ice-free terrestrial area …