Background: The global policy discourse on sustainability and health has called for dietary
transformations that require diverse, concerted actions from governments and institutions. In …

Illuminates the ways that cultures and political systems structure the edible environment
Everyone eats, but rarely do we investigate why we eat what we eat. Why do we love spices …

Research has revealed that organic consumers share beliefs about positive health effects,
environmentally friendly production and better taste of organic food. Yet, very little is known …

This research conceptualizes preferences for local foods (ie, locavorism) as an emergent
consumer ideology and develops a multidimensional scale to measure it. Prior …

Most food in developed countries, including organic fruits and vegetables, is sold through
supply chains run by large wholesalers and supermarket chains. A certain share is sold …

In this article, I examine self-formation through the activity of organic farming in a self-
managing community. How do producing and consuming subjects organize their selves …

Inshore fishing, by boats under 10m, has a long tradition on the coasts of England but its role
in the contemporary communities is not well understood, and increasingly policy makers …

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 …

Scholars of public policy point to standards as a new form of food and agriculture policy-
making. The contribution complements this literature applying analytical concepts from …

Veganic agriculture, often described as farming that is free of synthetic and animal-based
inputs, represents an alternative to chemical-based industrial agriculture and the prevailing …