Civic agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : reconnecting farm, food, and community / / Thomas A. Lyson
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Lyson Thomas A
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Civic agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : reconnecting farm, food, and community / / Thomas A. Lyson
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| Pubblicazione: | Medford, Mass., : Tufts University Press |
| Lebanon, N.H., : University Press of New England, 2004 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.1/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Agriculture - Economic aspects - United States |
| Agriculture - Social aspects - United States | |
| Agriculture, Cooperative - United States | |
| Community development - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-131) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 | Introduction: Community Agriculture and Local Food Systems; Civic Agriculture; Farming and Food Today; A Place for Civic Agriculture; Plan of the Book; 2 | From Subsistence to Production: How American Agriculture Was Made Modern; Agriculture and Rural Life; The Emergence of Modern Economic Forms; Early Agricultural Development; Three Agricultural Revolutions; The Social Construction of Modern Economic Categories; Civic Economy, Economic Embeddedness, and the Informal Economy; The Civic/Embedded Economy in the United States |
| 3 | Going Global: The Industrialization and Consolidation of Agriculture and Food Production in the United StatesFrom Craft Production to Mass Production; The Trend toward Concentration and Consolidation; Changing Geography of Production; Distancing: Separating Production and Consumption; Control of Farmland; Labor Intensification; Supply Chains; 4 | The Global Supply Chain; The Global Food System; The Jolly Green Giant as a Corporate Migrant; Grocery Wars; Corporate Reach: The Men and Women behind the Food System; Whither the Poor Consumer?; 5 | Toward a Civic Agriculture | |
| Moving toward Civic AgricultureTheoretical Underpinnings of Civic Agriculture; Walter Goldschmidt's Landmark Study; Production Districts; Two Models of Agricultural Development; Neoclassical Economics versus Pragmatism; Production versus Development Frameworks; Experimental Biology versus Ecological Biology; Corporate versus Community Orientation; Corporate Middle Class versus Independent Middle Class; Political Processes and Power; Motors for Change; Civic Agriculture and Sustainable Agriculture; Why Didn't Small Business Flourish?; 6 | Civic Agriculture and Community Agriculture Development | |
| Profiling Civic AgricultureCommunity-Supported Agriculture; Restaurant Agriculture; Farmers' Markets; Roadside Stands; Urban Agriculture, City Farming, Community Gardens; Measuring Civic Agriculture; 7 | From Commodity Agriculture to Civic Agriculture; Commodity Agriculture; Refashioning Farming to Fit the Marketplace; Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community: Tools for Change; Civic Agriculture: Moving from the Marketplace to the Community; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A engaging analysis of food production in the United States emphasizing that sustainable agricultural development is important to community health. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Civic agriculture |
| ISBN: | 1-283-89618-4 |
| 1-61168-303-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779183303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Civil society.