Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness

* Reveals how bringing food production to a local level revitalizes rural economies in both the industrialized and developing world * Published in association with the International Society for Ecology and Culture * For readers concerned with agriculture, community development, environmental sustainability, and ecological economics If the many social, environmental, and economic crises facing the planet are to be reversed, local food economies must be rebuilt. Given the constant demand for food, even miniscule changes in its production and marketing can offer immense benefits for farmers, consumers, the economy and the environment. Bringing the Food Economy Home reveals how a shift towards the local would protect and rebuild agricultural diversity by giving farmers a larger share of the money spent on food, and providing consumers with healthier, fresher food at more affordable prices.

Business & Money

Norberg-Hodge, Helena

Merrifield, Todd

Gorelick, Steven

Economics

Kumarian Press

* Reveals how bringing food production to a local level revitalizes rural economies in both the industrialized and developing world* Published in association with the International Society for Ecology and Culture* For readers concerned with agriculture, community development, environmental sustainability, and ecological economicsIf the many social, environmental, and economic crises facing the planet are to be reversed, local food economies must be rebuilt. Given the constant demand for food, even miniscule changes in its production and marketing can offer immense benefits for farmers, consumers, the economy and the environment. Bringing the Food Economy Home  reveals how a shift towards the local would protect and rebuild agricultural diversity by giving farmers a larger share of the money spent on food, and providing consumers with healthier, fresher food at more affordable prices.

Zed Books Ltd.

If the many social, environmental, and economic crises facing the planet are to be reversed, a good place to start is to rebuild local food economies. Food is something everyone, everywhere, needs every day, so even small changes in the way it is produced and marketed can offer immense benefits. Bringing the Food Economy Home shows how a shift towards the local would protect and rebuild agricultural diversity. It would give farmers a bigger share of the money spent on food, and provide consumers with healthier, fresher food at more affordable prices. It would reduce transport, greenhouse gas emissions, and the need for toxic agricultural chemicals. It would lessen the need for storage, packaging, refrigeration and artificial additives. And it would help revitalize rural economies and communities in both the industrialized and the developing world. With benefits for farmer and consumer, for urban and rural dweller, and for the economy as well as the environment, local food is a powerful solution-multiplier, one that we cannot afford to ignore.

Zed Books

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Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness

Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness

Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness

Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness