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Can we sustain sustainable agriculture? Learning from small-scale producer-suppliers in Canada and the UK.
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Geographical Journal . Sep2006, Vol. 172 Issue 3, p230-244. 15p. 1 Diagram, 2 Maps. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- There has been particular interest in ‘alternative’ food over the last 10 years, with many policymakers and researchers throughout the Minority World following a growing number of consumers and producers in supporting organic farming and a host of ‘alternative’ food networks. To date, there has been a tendency for theory and policy to emerge somewhat divorced from the grounded practices and experiences of producer-suppliers themselves within these networks. Urging a shift from ‘alternativity’ to ‘sustainability’ as a more critical and valuable tool to analyse food networks, this paper draws upon in-depth ethnographic research with small-scale producer-supplier case studies in south Wales and southern Ontario. In so doing it explores often overlooked voices and stories within sustainable food discourses. Focusing on the value of farmer-led understandings and responses, the paper highlights important implications for policymakers and consumers and outlines future research on sustainable food networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SUSTAINABLE agriculture
*ORGANIC farming
*AGRICULTURE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00167398
- Volume :
- 172
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Geographical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22390191
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2006.00211.x