Food, Farms, and Community: Exploring Food Systems

ISBN-13: 9781611684216 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 296 str.

Lisa Chase; Vern Grubinger

Opis

Throughout the United States, people are increasingly concerned about where their food comes from, how it is produced, and how its production affects individuals and their communities. The answers to these questions reveal a complex web of interactions. While large, distant farms and multinational companies dominate at national and global levels, innovative programs including farmers' markets, farm-to-school initiatives, and agritourism are forging stronger connections between people and food at local and regional levels. At all levels of the food system, energy use, climate change, food safety, and the maintenance of farmland for the future are critical considerations. The need to understand food systems--what they are, who's involved, and how they work (or don't)--has never been greater.

Food, Farms, and Community: Exploring Food Systems takes an in-depth look at critical issues, successful programs, and challenges for improving food systems spanning a few miles to a few thousand miles. Case studies that delve into the values that drive farmers, food advocates, and food entrepreneurs are interwoven with analysis supported by the latest research. Examples of entrepreneurial farms and organizations working together to build sustainable food systems are relevant to the entire country--and reveal results that are about much more than fresh food.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction to Food Systems
• Local Food Systems
• The Business of Food and Farming
• Values in Food Systems
• The Agricultural Workforce
• Farming and the Environment
• Climate Change and Agriculture
• Energy, Food, and Farms
• Access to Healthy Food
• Farm to School
• Agritourism and On-Farm Marketing
• Food Safety from Farm to Fork
• The Next Generation of Farmers
• Maintaining Farms and Farmland for the Future
• Improving Food Systems
• Notes
• Figure and Map Credits
• Index