Finding a balance: Placing Farmers' Markets in the context of sustainability in modern society

This thesis focuses on local food systems in Sweden, using examples from the Farmers’ Markets that are a growing phenomena in Sweden, as well as in many other developed countries across Europe and the Americas and many other developed countries. Farmers’ Markets are about consumers and producers reconnecting and re-establishing the relationships of trust and transparency that are lacking in today’s modern industrial food production and distribution chains through consumers meeting producers and interacting with them directly. This thesis explores the socio-economic aspects of Farmers’ Markets and the reasons producers are willing to engage. It asks if a balance can be found between the local system and the global system in our modern fast track lives.

Grantor dc:publisher

IIIEE, Lund University

Year dc:date

2009

Author dc:creator

• Nilsson, Helen

• Other Social Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

urn:isbn:9789188902511

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:lup.lub.lu.se:a70a87a5-7e14-4476-89fc-d9d1445d58b0