This text provides a comprehensive and critical exploration of food from a place perspective. The book focuses on the multifaceted relationships between food and place at the various stages of our food system, including production, distribution, preparation, and consumption. The authors explore such questions as: How does place (its natural resources and climate, political economy, history, culture, and social relations) influence food practices (the way food is grown, traded, prepared, and eaten)? How do everyday food practices structure our lives and create places? How does food activism...

This text provides a comprehensive and critical exploration of food from a place perspective. The book focuses on the multifaceted relationships between food and place at the various stages of our food system, including production, distribution, preparation, and consumption. The authors explore such questions as: How does place (its natural resources and climate, political economy, history, culture, and social relations) influence food practices (the way food is grown, traded, prepared, and eaten)? How do everyday food practices structure our lives and create places? How does food activism...