Food system transformations : : social movements, local economies, collaborative networks / / edited by Cordula Kropp, Irene Antoni-Komar, Colin Sage.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kropp, Cordula,; Antoni-Komar, Irene, 1955-; Sage, Colin,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : Routledge,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Critical food studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 pages)

This book examines the role of local food movements, enterprises and networks in the transformation of the currently unsustainable global food system. It explores a series of innovations designed to re-integrate sustainable modes of food production and encourage food sovereignty. It provides detaile...

Table of Contents

• <P>1. Grassroots initiatives in food system transformation: the role of food movements in the second 'Great Transformation'</P><I><P>Colin Sage, Cordula Kropp, and Irene Antoni-Komar</P></I><B><P>PART I Transformative food movements </P></B><P>2. Women, agroecology and "real food" in Brazil: from national movement to local practice </P><I><P>Isabelle Hillenkamp</P></I><P>3. Alternative food politics: the production of urban food spaces in Leipzig (Germany) and Nantes (France) </P><I><P>Cordula Kropp and Clara Da Ros</P></I><P>4. Co-designing cities: urban gardening projects and the conflict between self-determination and administrative restrictions in German cities</P><I><P>Andrea Baier and Christa Müller</P></I><B><P>PART II Transformative food economies </P></B><P>5. Food cooperatives as diverse re-embedding forces: a multiple case study in Belgium </P><I><P>Julien Vastenaekels and Jérôme Pelenc</P></I><P>6. Innovating locally for global transformation: intermediating fluid, agroecological solutions
• examples from France, the USA, Benin and South America </P><I><P>Allison Marie Loconto</P></I><P>7. Cost effects of local food enterprises: supply chains, transaction costs and social diffusion </P><I><P>Niko Paech, Carsten Sperling, and Marius Rommel</P></I><B><P>PART III Transformative local networks </P></B><P>8. Transformative communities in Germany: working towards a sustainable food supply through creative doing and collaboration </P><I><P>Irene Antoni-Komar and Christine Lenz</P></I><P>9. Context-specific notions and practices of 'solidarity' in food procurement networks in Lombardy (Italy) and Massachusetts (USA) </P><I><P>Cristina Grasseni</P></I><P>10. Transformative governance and food practices for sustainability in and by ecovillages: a German case study </P><I><P>Iris Kunze</P></I><P>11. An anthropological reflection on urban gardening through the lens of citizenship </P><I><P>Robin Smith</P></I>