Creating food futures : trade, ethics and the environment / Cathy Rozel Farnworth, Janice Jiggins and Emyr Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farnworth, Cathy.

Contributor:

Jiggins, Janice.

Thomas, Emyr Vaughan.

Series:

Corporate social responsibility series.

Corporate social responsibility

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food industry and trade.

Nutrition policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Leading academics and practitioners consider how we trade, process and purchase the food we eat and the many challenges and opportunities that arise from these practices. They offer examples of positive ways forward in food and farming that address issues of social inclusion, environmental sustainability and the evolution of more equitable trade and market relations.Drawing upon inspiring examples of innovative food chains across the globe, Creating Food Futures shows you what is being done and what more could be attempted.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Acronyms; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Creating Food Futures: Trade, Ethics and the Environment; Part I The Big Picture: Innovations that Enable Action; 2 The Retail-Led Transformation of Agrifood Systems; 3 Regulation, Sovereignty and Accountability in the Food Chain; 4 Innovation in Policy: The Common Agricultural Policy and Dimensions of Regime Change; 5 The Swedish Foodshed: Re-imagining Our Support Area; 6 Growing Sustainable Communities: Understanding the Social-Economic Footprints of Organic Family Farms

Part II Case Studies: Innovations in Stakeholder and Organisational Relationships7 Balancing Business and Empowerment in Fair Fruit Chains: The Experience of Solidaridad; 8 The FoodTrust of Prince Edward Island, Canada; 9 Beyond Profit Making: Combining Economic and Social Goals in the German Organic Agriculture and Food Sector; 10 The Cornwall Food Programme; 11 Ethics in French Wine Cooperatives: Part of a Social Movement?; Part III Changing the Rules of the Game; 12 Impacts of the Supermarket Revolution and the Policy and Strategic Responses; 13 Supermarkets: A Force for the Good?

14 Mixing is the Way of the World: A New Social Label15 Responsibility in Value Chains and Capability Structures; 16 Food, Environment, and the Good Life; 17 Conversion or Co-option? The Implications of 'Mainstreaming' for Producer and Consumer Agency within Fair Trade Networks; 18 Towards a New Agenda; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-57459-4

1-317-15856-3

1-317-15855-5

1-282-34428-5

9786612344282

1-4094-0277-0

9781315574592

OCLC:

490163841