Alternative Food Networks: Knowledge, Practice, and Politics

by Michael K. Goodman, David E. Goodman, E. Melanie DuPuis, et al.

Book Overview

Farmers' markets, veggie boxes, local foods, organic products and Fair Trade goods - how have these once novel, "alternative" foods, and the people and networks supporting them, become increasingly familiar features of everyday consumption? Are the visions of "alternative worlds" built on ethics of sustainability, social justice, animal welfare and the aesthetic values of local food cultures and traditional crafts still credible now that these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415747694
• ISBN13: 9780415747691
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"