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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"local food movement"”.
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Growing pains: the local food movement in northern Colorado
Global food and agribusiness corporations exhibit significant control over food production and consumption. Around the world, people contest this corporate food regime through efforts like local food movements. Critics often undermine the power of localism movements and claim that local food is a …
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The sociology of local food and transformational engagement: a case study of the rise of the local food movement
This qualitative ethnographic case study of the local food movement in Larimer County, Colorado is an examination of the epistemological nature of how key players like chefs, farmers and local food advocates create and reinforce the local food movement. This thesis examines sociological process, …
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Distant Localities: The Rhetorical Contradictions Of Local Food Narratives
… explores the rhetorical construction of the local food movement through the narrative genre of the food exposé. On its face, local food appears to be a grassroots movement, and yet, through an analysis of the tropes used to describe and construct the movement, another story emerges – one …
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Moving Boxes Closer to Home: The Role of SYSCO Corporation in Food System Localization
Increasing demand for local food by foodservice establishments creates new opportunities and challenges for the local food movement. While there is considerable potential for local suppliers to sell more product volume closer to home, the business needs of foodservice establishments may not be …
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Moving Boxes Closer to Home: The Role of SYSCO Corporation in Food System Localization
Increasing demand for local food by foodservice establishments creates new opportunities and challenges for the local food movement. While there is considerable potential for local suppliers to sell more product volume closer to home, the business needs of foodservice establishments may not be …
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Evaluation of motivations that influence consumer attitudes and behavior when purchasing local foods
In an increasingly complex and differentiated food system, the local food movement appears to be gaining momentum. This increased attention to the sustainable food movement highlights both the public and private benefits to eating local food, propelling the "local food" movement into the public eye …
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Celebrations everywhere: How social movements enact emotional culture to advance an ideology of local production
I investigate how social movements enact emotional culture to advance an ideology of local production in the context of local food initiatives in a small city in Canada. In Localtown, a local food movement conducts initiatives to rebuild the city’s local food system after decades of agricultural …
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Local Food and Economic Development
This dissertation examines the potential of local food as an economic development strategy in the United States. Using an interdisciplinary approach it traces the development of the local food movement within the broader historical context of U.S. agriculture, assesses the empirical evidence for …
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The Current Status of Meat Processing Facilities in Agricultural Education Programs in West Virginia
West Virginia has become a model for the local food movement. With a push for more locally grown food, there is a need for more people to provide local agricultural services. A number of agricultural education programs in West Virginia are providing students with hands on training in the meat …
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Message effectiveness in the local food context
The local food movement has grown in popularity and might be beneficial both to individuals and communities. Most messaging strategies around local foods incorporate environmental or social elements, however a dominant branding strategy does not currently exist. We uncovered three common factors …
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Edible Green Infrastructure in the United States: Policy at the Municipal Level
… communities. Instrumental in the use of EGI are local governments, who are in a position to pass supportive policies. For this research, we completed a qualitative study of EGI policy processes in U.S. cities and a mixed-methods study of EGI challenges and opportunities in small towns. Our first …
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Exploring Cultural Identity and Engagement among Hispanic Youth: Implications for Food Justice and Food System Development
… lifestyles and access to quality, nutritious food for marginalized groups, specifically Hispanics, is becoming an increasing topic of conversation. However, issues of access, availability, lack of initiatives in many areas which allow these individuals to become involved in the local food …
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Are the Old Ways New Again?: Local Farmers Practicing Civic Agriculture in Southwest Missouri
… the 1970s there has been an increase in social movements toward farmers' markets, community supported agriculture (CSA) projects and other outlets where consumers can purchase local foods. Much of the existing social science research on this topic focuses on consumers' motivations. Few studies …