Essays about: "consumer supported agriculture"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words consumer supported agriculture.

  1. 11. Farming on the Fringe : Enhancing China’s Food Security through Community Supported Agriculture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Kees Krul; [2015]
    Keywords : China; urbanization; food security; AFS; CSA; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Amid the many food safety scandals and rapid urbanization, China’s peri-urban areas have recently witnessed the emergence of alternative food systems (AFSs). Situated in a context different from that of the West, their impact has remained poorly understood and under researched. READ MORE

  3. 12. Från konsument till medproducent : förekomsten och utvecklingen av Community Supported Agriculture i Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Jenny Sjöblom; [2015]
    Keywords : Community Supported Agriculture CSA ; lokala livsmedelssystem; lokalproducerat; hållbar matproduktion; den alternativa livsmedelsrörelsen; småskaligt jordbruk; hållbart jordbruk; urbant stadsbruk; andelsjordbruk; konsumentstödda jordbruk;

    Abstract : Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an unconventional model of agriculture expected to contribute to a more sustainable food supply and a sustainable landscape; the development of rural areas; a stronger relationship between producer and consumer and a healthier diet. This study, with a focus on food production and the link between the producer and consumer, describes the origin and current development of CSA in Sweden, including the prerequisites for CSA in a Swedish context. READ MORE

  4. 13. Growing through the Cracks - A multi-case study of two alternative food networks in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Josefin Smeds; [2014]
    Keywords : agroecology; re peasantisation; conventional food system; sustainable food paradigm; alternative food networks; embeddedness; Romania; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As a response to limitations of the conventional food system, alternative food networks such as community supported agriculture and direct selling box schemes have emerged in Romania, involving close producer-consumer connections and an emphasis on local and organic produce. Through a multi-case study of two such networks in the city of Cluj-Napoca, their contribution to the establishment of a sustainable food paradigm has been explored. READ MORE

  5. 14. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet? : en studie av Ramsjö gård

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

    Author : Karin Andersson; [2006]
    Keywords : Community Supported Agriculture; CSA; uthållighet; Ramsjö gård; grönsaker; ekologisk;

    Abstract : Over the past one hundred years, there has been an increasing globalization and industrialization of the food systems. As a result, the distance between the production and the consumption of food has increased, both in time and space and in the minds of people. READ MORE