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Civic agriculture : reconnecting farm, food, and community / Thomas A. Lyson.
Lippincott Library HD1761 .L97 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyson, Thomas A.
- Series:
- Civil society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- Agriculture--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Agriculture--Social aspects--United States.
- Agriculture, Cooperative--United States.
- Agriculture, Cooperative.
- Community development--United States.
- Community development.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 136 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Medford, Mass. : Tufts University Press ; Lebanon, NH : Published by University Press of New England, 2004.
- Summary:
- A engaging analysis of food production in the United States emphasizing that sustainable agricultural development is important to community health.
- Contents:
- Civic Agriculture
- Farming and Food Today
- A Place for Civic Agriculture
- Plan of the Book
- 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 Satates
- Going Global: The Industrialization and Consolidation of Agriculture and Food Production in the United States
- From 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
- 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
- Whiter the Poor Customer?
- Toward a Civic Agriculture
- Moving Toward Civic Agriculture
- Theoretical Underpinnings of Civic Agriculture
- Walter Goldscmidt'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 Process and Power
- Motors for Change
- Civic Agriculture and Sustainable Agriculture
- Why Didn't Small Business Flourish?
- Civic Agriculture and Community Agricultural Development
- Profiling Civic Agriculture
- Community-Supported Agriculture
- Restaurant Agriculture
- Farmers' Markets
- Roadside Stands
- Urban Agriculture. City Farming, Community Gardens
- Measuring Civic Agriculture
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-131) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1584654139
- 1584654147
- OCLC:
- 54670439
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