the rise of the global organic food and farming movement
First Statement of Responsibility
Matthew Reed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London ; Washington, DC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Earthscan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(vii, 168 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
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Social movements --;Saving the soil --;Poisonous elixirs --;Small, beautiful and reorganized, 1960s and 1970s --;The rise of organic food retailing, 1980s --;Fighting the future : against GM crops --;Peak organics?
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a social movement. Using the tools of political sociology, this book analyzes and explains how both people and ideas have shaped a movement that from its inception aimed to change global agriculture. It highlights what is unique about the organic movement.