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Avoiding the Local Trap Scale and Food Systems in Planning Research
Branden Born,Mark Purcell +1 more
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A strong current of food-systems research holds that local food systems are preferable to systems at larger scales as discussed by the authors, and many assume that eating local food is more ecologically sustainable and socially...Abstract:
A strong current of food-systems research holds that local food systems are preferable to systems at larger scales. Many assume that eating local food is more ecologically sustainable and socially ...read more
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Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference
TL;DR: In this article, the material frames of daily life are constituted and represented through social practices, not as separate elements but in relation to each other, and they then become fundamental to the exploration of political, economic and ecological alternatives to contemporary life.
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Local Food Systems: Concepts, Impacts, and Issues
Steve Martinez,Michael S. Hand,Michelle Da Pra,Susan L. Pollack,Katherine Ralston,Travis A. Smith,Stephen J. Vogel,Shellye Clark,Luanne Lohr,Sarah A. Low,Constance Newman +10 more
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Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability
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Alternative Food Networks: Knowledge, Practice, and Politics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce Alternative Food Networks, Fair Trade Circuits and the Politics of Food, and the shifting cultural politics of Fair Trade. But they do not discuss the role of food re-localization in the transition from transparent to virtual living.
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