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Nourishing Communities - From Fractured Food Systems to Transformative Pathways (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Nourishing Communities - From Fractured Food Systems to Transformative Pathways (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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This edited volume builds on existing alternative food initiatives
and food movements research to explore how a systems approach can
bring about health and well-being through enhanced collaboration.
Chapters describe the myriad ways community-driven actors work to
foster food systems that are socially just, embed food in local
economies, regenerate the environment and actively engage citizens.
Drawing on case studies, interviews and Participatory Action
Research projects, the editors share the stories behind
community-driven efforts to develop sustainable food systems, and
present a critical assessment of both the tensions and the
achievements of these initiatives. The volume is unique in its
focus on approaches and methodologies that both support and
recognize the value of community-based practices. Throughout the
book the editors identify success stories, challenges and
opportunities that link practitioner experience to critical debates
in food studies, practice and policy. By making current practices
visible to scholars, the volume speaks to people engaged in the
co-creation of knowledge, and documents a crucial point in the
evolution of a rapidly expanding and dynamic sustainable food
systems movement. Entrenched food insecurity, climate change
induced crop failures, rural-urban migration, escalating rates of
malnutrition related diseases, and aging farm populations are
increasingly common obstacles for communities around the world.
Merging private, public and civil society spheres, the book gives
voice to actors from across the sustainable food system movement
including small businesses, not-for-profits, eaters, farmers and
government. Insights into the potential for market restructuring,
knowledge sharing, planning and bridging civic-political divides
come from across Canada, the United States and Mexico, making this
a key resource for policy-makers, students, citizens, and
practitioners.
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