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Rural Studies: Producers, Consumers, and Activists Challenge the Global Food System

Rural Studies: Producers, Consumers, and Activists Challenge the Global Food System

Wright, Wynne
Middendorf, Gerad

Paperback

Series: Rural Studies

Business GeneralAgriculture

ISBN10: 0271032758
ISBN13: 9780271032757
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Jan 15 2008
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.08 Depth: 8.92
Language: English

One problem with the food system is that price is the bottom line rather than having the bottom line be land stewardship, an appreciation for the environmental and social value of small-scale family farms, or for organically grown produce. --Interview with farmer in Skagit County, Washington

For much of the later twentieth century, food has been abundant and convenient for most residents of advanced industrial societies. The luxury of taking the safety and dependability of food for granted pushed it to the back burner in the consciousness of many. Increasingly, however, this once taken-for-granted food system is coming under question on issues such as the humane treatment of animals, genetically engineered foods, and social and environmental justice. Many consumers are no longer content with buying into the mainstream, commodity-driven food market on which they once depended. Resistance has emerged in diverse forms, from protests at the opening of McDonald's restaurants worldwide to ever-greater interest in alternatives, such as CSAs (community-supported agriculture), fair trade, and organic foods. The food system is increasingly becoming an arena of struggle that reflects larger changes in societal values and norms, as expectations are moving beyond the desire for affordable, convenient foods to a need for healthy and environmentally sound alternatives. In this book, leading scholars and scholar-activists provide case studies that illuminate the complexities and contradictions that surround the emergence of a new day in agriculture.

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