Nestled in the Himalayan foothills of Northeast India, Darjeeling is synonymous with some of
the finest and most expensive tea in the world. It is also home to a violent movement for …

The division of 'rural'and 'urban'is one of the oldest ideas in Geography and is deeply
engrained in our culture. Throughout history, the rural has been attributed with many …

There has been a growing literature on alternative food networks (AFNs); structures that
reconfigure the systems of production, distribution and consumption of food. Part of this …

Terroir, the taste of place, is being adapted by artisan cheesemakers in the United States to
reveal the range of values—agrarian, environmental, social, and gastronomic—that they …

To better understand the non-economic drivers of growth in emerging industries, this paper
examines the craft beer industry. Specifically, the paper will review two examples–the Black …

Often organized as grassroots, nonprofit organizations, many farmers' markets serve as
strategic venues linking producers and consumers of local food while fulfilling multiple …

In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home
to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork. In Real Pigs Brad Weiss traces the …

Abstract In 1999, Darjeeling tea became India's first Geographical Indication (GI). GI has
proliferated worldwide as a legal protection for foods with terroir, or “taste of place,” a …

This article offers an attempt to characterize the relationship between “taste” and “place” as
cultivated and embodied in the production, circulation, and consumption of pasture‐raised …

All food undergoes some kind of transformation before reaching the mouths of consumers.
Sometimes this is minimal, such as a raw carrot harvested and scrubbed prior to eating …