We are amidst a long‐overdue increase of interest in issues related food, cities and
inequality within geography. While there has certainly been significant scholarship done on …

Facing the continuous loss of family-run farms across Europe, farmers are seeking new
pathways to sustainability. One such pathway is involvement in local food supply systems …

Food regime analysis emerged to explain the strategic role of agriculture and food in the
construction of the world capitalist economy. It identifies stable periods of capital …

Direct agricultural markets, predicated on face-to-face ties between producers and
consumers, are often seen as central components of local food systems. Activists and …

This dissertation reports on a seminal study of the genesis, development, and current
character of organic production in California. It shows that the recent boom in organic …

Alternative food networks (AFNs) are commonly defined by attributes such as the spatial
proximity between farmers and consumers, the existence of retail venues such as farmers …

Bioregionalists have championed the utility of the concept of the watershed as an organizing
framework for thought and action directed to understanding and implementing appropriate …

The sustainability and resilience of agrifood systems are generally considered either
through the sustainable development paradigm, which focuses on the interactions between …

Organic food consumption is one of several new trends in eating read as active opposition to
industrialized food provision. While fast food consumption is characterized by compulsive …

The international organic agricultureand fair trade movements represent
importantchallenges to the ecologically and sociallydestructive relations that characterize …