Essays about: "community supported agriculture"

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1. 1. The role of umbrella organisations in facilitating sustainability transition - the diffusion of energy cooperatives and community-supported agriculture in Europe

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Kaya Feddersen; [2023]
   Keywords : sustainability science; sustainability transition; collective diffusion; umbrella organizations; intermediary roles; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Umbrella organizations of grassroot innovations can play important roles in facilitating sustainability transitions. This thesis examines such roles by studying national and regional umbrella organizations of energy cooperatives and community-supported agriculture in Europe. READ MORE

3. 2. Urban agriculture initiatives: Understanding the role of citizens in sustainable development

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Natalia Varsami; [2022]
   Keywords : Community engagement; urban agriculture; social entrepreneurship;

   Abstract : Within a highly complex and interconnected system of cities, community involvement tools that engage citizens in developing the urban context could move towards more sustainable solutions while bringing social change. Literature shows that urban agriculture conducted in the form of shared community gardens can be a significant component of sustainable community development strategies, particularly in disadvantaged neighbourhoods (Ohmer et al, 2009). READ MORE

4. 3. Community Supported Agriculture in Sweden and its transformative potential : A survey of farmers

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Tom Källgren; [2021]
   Keywords : Community Supported Agriculture; CSA; Andelsjordbruk; Alternative Food Networks; AFN; Sustainable agriculture;

   Abstract : Modern agriculture has made great strides in terms of efficiency, yields, and profits, but has come to be characterised by a large environmental impact and resource use, global transports, poor working conditions, and a lack of contact between producers and consumers. In response to these concerns, many different initiatives commonly referred to as Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have been established to solve some or all of these issues. READ MORE

5. 4. Stories of Change: Alternative Food Networks in the Urban Setting of Zurich

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Patricia Catherine Schmid; [2021]
   Keywords : Food systems; alternative food networks; agriculture; sustainability; good living; food sovereignty; pluriverse; Zurich; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Food is political: from seed over production to distribution and consumption. Large scale agriculture infused multi-layered social, ecological, and economic issues. The need to change the dominant food system approach is widely recognised. Alternatives in food production and distribution emerged and persisted over time. READ MORE

6. 5. “It’s like having three children when it comes to cooking with my husband”

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Kenza Podieh; [2021]
   Keywords : gender; doing gender; undoing gender; Community Supported Agriculture; voice centred relational method; Wales; socio-cultural domain; corporeal domian;

   Abstract : Within the last decades, alternative food production networks (AFN), which oppose the well-documented social, economic, and environmental flaws of the conventional food production system, have received increased attention by scholars. Yet, notions of gender often remain overlooked. READ MORE