Remaking the North American Food System: Strategies for Sustainability
- ISBN-10
- 0803215789
- ISBN-13
- 9780803215788
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 370
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Authors
- Thomas A. Lyson, C. Clare Hinrichs
Description
Examines the resurgence of interest in rebuilding the links between agricultural production and food consumption. With examples from Puerto Rico to Oregon to Quebec, this work offers a North American perspective attuned to trends toward globalization at the level of markets and governance and shows how globalization affects specific localities.
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