Essays about: "hammerand"

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  1. 1. The meaning-making of Bondens egen Marknad, a farmers market organization

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

    Author : April Hammerand; [2009]
    Keywords : cooperation; identity; local food; society; symbolic interactionism;

    Abstract : The revitalization of farmers markets is a growing alternative to larger scale food systems that connects farmers directly with consumers in urban areas. Why is this important? Why do producers and consumers come to the farmers market? Moreover, what implications will this have on local farmers and the rest of our society? In this study, we look at the perspectives of participants in the "Bondens egen Marknad" (Farmers own Market) in Sweden to understand what the farmers market means for people, who come there, why they come, what interaction takes place and how this meaning is shaped by the larger societal context. READ MORE