Farmers' markets, veggie boxes, local foods, organic products and Fair Trade goods–how
have these once novel," alternative" foods, and the people and networks supporting them …

This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in
Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates the reasons why, and under what conditions …

Van der Ploeg's 'styles of farming'approach attempts to explain the social nature of diversity
in agriculture. For over 10 years we have attempted to apply this concept to a range of …

This paper examines the concept of resilience and its increasing use in the face of both
economic uncertainty and climate change, and applies it to farm management. Resilience is …

Developed by leading authors in the field, this book offers a cohesive and definitive
theorisation of the concept of the'good farmer', integrating historical analysis, critique of …

Many impressive studies on the changing nature of the global food system have been
published, and nearly all address changes at the macro level. The far less visible changes …

From farm to fork, the conventional food chain is under enormous pressure to respond to a
whole series of new challenges-food scares in rich countries, food security concerns in poor …

This paper departs from the observation that the industrialization and globalization of the
agri-food supply chain has disconnected food from its socio-cultural and physical territorial …

In a time of great agricultural and rural change, the notion of'multifunctionality'has remained
under-theorized and poorly linked to the debates in the social sciences. This book analyses …

This article examines the re-emergence of the peasantry. It argues that farming is
increasingly being restructured in a peasant-like way. This restructuring is an actively …