Building Community Food Webs /

"Our current food system has decimated rural communities and confined the choices of urban consumers. Even while America continues to ramp up farm production to astounding levels, net farm income is now lower than at the onset of the Great Depression, and one out of every eight Americans faces...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meter, Ken (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2021]
Temas:
Food supply > United States.
Food security > United States.
Food banks > United States.
Sécurité alimentaire > États-Unis.
Banques alimentaires > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Food banks.
Food security.
Food supply.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The extractive US farm economy
  • Co-learning is contagious
  • Invoking traditional wisdom to recover from plantation agriculture
  • Building the capacities and voice of low-income residents
  • Placing food business clusters at the core of economic development
  • The cradle of food democracy : Athens (Ohio)
  • Metro-area farmers need supportive networks
  • Municipal officials collaborate to protect metro farmland
  • Working below the radar to create networks of green space
  • Building market power for farmers
  • Shifting from "local food" to "community-based food systems"
  • Scale is both the problem and the solution
  • Building community food webs : Action networks, system levers, and business clusters.

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