Nourishing Communities : From Fractured Food Systems to Transformative Pathways

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 social...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Knezevic, Irena (Editor), Blay-Palmer, Alison (Editor), Levkoe, Charles Z. (Editor), Mount, Phil (Editor), Nelson, Erin (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Food > Biotechnology.
Public health.
Sustainable development.
Social service.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319570006
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-57000-6
Physical DescriptionXXIII, 206 p. 11 illus., 7 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Section I: Need for Transformations
  • Chapter 1: Connecting Food Access and Housing Security: Lessons from Peterborough, Ontario
  • Chapter 2 : Strengthening the Backbone: Local Food, Foreign Labour and Social Justice
  • Chapter 3: Community Food Security in Pictou Landing First Nation
  • Chapter 4: The Us Experience in Planning for Community Food Systems: An Era of Advocacy, Awareness, and (Some) Learning
  • Section II: Pathways to Transformation
  • Chapter 5: Can Community-Based Initiatives Address the Conundrum of Improving Household Food Access While Supporting Local Smallholder Farmer Livelihoods?
  • Chapter 6: Nourishing Learning Environments: School Food Gardens and Sustainable Food Systems
  • Chapter 7 : Using A Complexity Lens to Address Local Food Dilemmas in Northern Ontario: The Viability of Crowdsourcing And Crowdfunding
  • Chapter 8: The Local Food Policy Audit: Spanning the Civic-Political Agrifood Divide
  • Chapter 9: Supply Management as Food Sovereignty
  • Chapter 10: Navigating Spaces for Political Action: Victories and Compromises for Mexico's Local Organic Movement
  • Chapter 11: Communities of Food Practice: Regional Networks As Strategic Tools for Food Systems Transformation
  • Postscript.

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