Sociological perspectives of organic agriculture : from pioneer to policy / edited by Georgina Holt and Matthew Reed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holt, Georgina.

Reed, Matthew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural foods industry--Congresses.

Natural foods industry.

Organic farming--Congresses.

Organic farming.

Sociology, Rural--Congresses.

Sociology, Rural.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covers how ideational change came about to enhance the understanding of change within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to plan and implement change in European agriculture policy. This book features contents that cover institutional change within the CAP and focus on the institutional construction policy concerned with organic farming.

Contents:

Sociological Perspectives of Organic Agriculture: from Pioneer to Policy

Table of Contents

Corresponding Authors

Preface

1 Sociological Perspectives of Organic Agriculture: an Introduction

2 What Farmers' Markets Say about the Post-organic Movement in Ireland

3 Turf Wars: the Organic Movement's Veto of GM in UK Agriculture

4 Fertile Minds and Friendly Pens: Early Women Pioneers

5 Motivations and Values: a Means-end Chain Study of French Consumers

6 A Conceptual Model Of Willingness to Pay for Organic Food in the UK

7 Motorcyclists in the USA and the UK: Risk Perception of Local and Organic Food

8 Has Organic Farming Modernized Itself out of Business? Reverting to Conventional Methods in Denmark

9 Conventionalization in the Australian Organic Industry: a Case Study of the Darling Downs Region

10 Auditing Sustainability: the Impact of EurepGAP in the New Zealand

11 Emerging Scared: an Analysis of Socioeconomic Data on Conversion in South Africa

12 Is There a Female Principle in Organic Farming? An Interpretation of Data for Norway

13 The Paradox of Diffusion of Organic Farming: a Case Study in Denmark

14 Regional Rural Development: the Formation of Ecoregions in Austria

15 Rural Social Development: Small-scale Horticulture in Sao Paulo, Brazil

16 Public Sector Procurement: Organic School Meals in Denmark

17 National Agricultural Policy: the German Agrarwende

18 Sociological Perspectives of Organic Research: To Policy and Beyond

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-76551-1

9786611765514

1-84593-080-0

OCLC:

298628958