Worlds of Food : Place, Power, and Provenance in the Food Chain.
Three leading scholars in the field explain why place and provenance are assuming more importance in the food chain to producers, consumers, and regulators. They examine how these concerns influence debates on the future of food and farming, exploring the implications for three very different region...
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OUP Oxford,
2008
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| Series: | Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series.
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Table of Contents:
- List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Networks, Conventions, and Regions: Theorizing 'Worlds of Food'; 2. The Regulatory World of Agri-food: Politics, Power, and Conventions; 3. Geographies of Agri-food; 4. Localized Quality in Tuscany; 5. California: The Parallel Worlds of Rival Agri-food Paradigms; 6. The Commodity World in Wales; 7. Beyond the Placeless Foodscape: Place, Power, and Provenance; References; Index.
