UID:
almahu_9949464593302882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781000870602
,
100087060X
,
9781003279914
,
1003279910
,
9781000870657
,
1000870650
Content:
This book examines contemporary food systems in Italy, paying particular attention to the landscape, innovative local practices and local cultural history. It illustrates the utility of the value chain concept in navigating the complexities of comparative advantage in an advanced market setting. It establishes the connection between the landscape and individual food practices, and how they have responded to the commodification of the agri-food system, maintaining a distinctive local character while ensuring development and a healthy diet. It explores how community gardens are now a consolidated part of Italian urban experience, as well as the multiple policy frameworks which govern these activities. The book then explores a wider range of food procurement channels, from food cooperatives to buying groups and institutional partnerships, including the strategies employed by large retail groups to respond to the growing environmental sensitivity of their customers. Multifunctional implications of antimafia activities involving social agriculture are also explored. Finally, the book ends with a survey of European and domestic Italian policies aiming to protect and promote healthy food practices while preserving the integrity of the landscape. This is fascinating reading for anyone interested in quality food and the territory, as well as academic readers from such disparate disciplines as sociology, urban studies, anthropology and Italian studies.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781032247236
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032247231
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032247274
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032247274
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003279914
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003279914
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