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``Civic agriculture'' identifies adiverse and growing body of food and farmingenterprises fitted to the needs of localgrowers, consumers, rural economies, andcommunities. The term lends shape andlegitimacy to development paradigms that existin opposition to the global,corporately-dominated food...
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Community research by anthropologists and sociologists details the effects that centralization of decision making has …
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The aim of this paper is to make possible dialogue between those who claim that technologies are coded with social, political, or ethical values and those who argue that they are value-neutral. To demonstrate the relevance of this bridge-building project, the controversy regarding agrifood...
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Concerns about values and caring in the USA are being widelyvoiced in many sectors of the society, including agriculture.The time seems right to bring new ideas about the ethics ofagriculture and eating into public discourse. The Society iswell situated to initiate the dialogue, and Paul...
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. Approximately 10,205 tons of food waste was generated annually in this community food system. Of all food waste, production waste … an example of procedures to quantify and compare food waste across a whole community food system. Copyright Springer …
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This study reconsiders the purported benefits of community found in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Using an … joining a CSA, and their perceptions of community within their CSA and beyond. A total of 565 CSA members responded to the … respondents joined their CSA to build community, meet like-minded individuals or share financial risk with farmers. Members …
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, sustainableagriculture, and rural life organizationstoday. This paper traces one of continuingthemes of the ACLA, the community idea as a …
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community empowerment approach, research reveals intended and unintended consequences since certification. Findings propose … community empowerment outcomes. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 …
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In liberal thought, democracy is guaranteed by the unity of community and government. The community of citizens elects … its government according to political preferences. The government rules over the community with powers that are limited by …, and contemporary Neo-Liberal theories. However, the assumed unity of community and government becomes problematic in …
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