Essays about: "community-supported agriculture CSA"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words community-supported agriculture CSA.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. “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

4. 3. Community Supported Agriculture : Towards a Flourishing Movement in Europe

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

   Author : Jonathan Hoenninger; Lucas Costamilan; Miyuki Ochiai; [2019]
   Keywords : Community Supported Agriculture CSA ; alternative food systems; Local Food Networks LFN ; industrial agriculture; strategic sustainable development;

   Abstract : As a response to the growing global sustainability challenges related to industrial agriculture, alternative approaches of food production and distribution are emerging. One approach that fosters direct consumer-producer relationships and sustainable local food production is known as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). READ MORE

5. 4. Andelsjordbruk jämfört med Community supported agriculture, CSA i Europa och USA

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

   Author : Rosmarie Sundström; [2019]
   Keywords : andelsjordbruk; community supported agriculture; CSA; definition; resursmobilisering; modell; grupp; möjlighetsstruktur; rekryteringsnätverk;

   Abstract : I Sverige har det på senare år startats allt fler andelsjordbruk som är en del av den internationella rörelsen för Community supported agriculture, CSA. Samtidigt har intresset för att köpa mat direkt från bonden ökat, mycket på grund av alla nya REKO-ringar runt om i landet. READ MORE

6. 5. A sustainable food-system? : economic sustainability of Swedish community supported agriculture (CSA)

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : Annie Svensson; [2018]
   Keywords : community supported agriculture; CSA; andelsjordbruk; economic sustainability; food-system; profitability; small-scale farming; sustainable agriculture;

   Abstract : This research investigates Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in a Swedish setting. CSA is believed to be a potential way towards a more sustainable food-system where consumers and farmers come together to form local and transparent systems. READ MORE