Although the social economy has a long historical connection to food, these links have not been well explored or understood, particularly with respect to social policy. But given the well-documented range of negative impacts brought on by a world economy dominated by large multinational corporations engaged in global trade, social economy organizations associated with food are more necessary than ever. This paper will examine the connections between the social economy, sustainability, and sustainable food systems, before moving on to look at the role of the social economy in our current global unsustainable food system and in a projected local, sustainable food system. It will conclude with a discussion of the social economy and the enac...
The need for a common theoretical framework and underpinning with regards to the use of the term ‘su...
The food system has slowly passed from a natural process into an industrial one, becoming increasing...
The article considers how policy can address the local–global within a wider commitment to food sust...
Although the social economy has a long historical connection to food, these links have not been well...
This presentation was part of a panel session on "Community Organizing and Community Economic Develo...
There is increased recognition of a common suite of global challenges that hamper food system sustai...
The processes underlying environmental, economic, and social unsustainability derive in part from th...
The processes underlying environmental, economic, and social unsustainability derive in part from th...
Over fourteen percent of households in the United States (US) are food insecure (USDA, 2013). At the...
© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article dis...
This case study is part of a research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BA...
This article considers how political economy can expand to contribute to the contemporary study of s...
Food is becoming an increasingly disputed issue, and food movements have emerged in both the Global ...
Today’s food systems are contributing to multiple intersecting health and ecological crises. Many ar...
Despite sustainability is a trending topic in the literature, the analysis of the social dimension i...
The need for a common theoretical framework and underpinning with regards to the use of the term ‘su...
The food system has slowly passed from a natural process into an industrial one, becoming increasing...
The article considers how policy can address the local–global within a wider commitment to food sust...
Although the social economy has a long historical connection to food, these links have not been well...
This presentation was part of a panel session on "Community Organizing and Community Economic Develo...
There is increased recognition of a common suite of global challenges that hamper food system sustai...
The processes underlying environmental, economic, and social unsustainability derive in part from th...
The processes underlying environmental, economic, and social unsustainability derive in part from th...
Over fourteen percent of households in the United States (US) are food insecure (USDA, 2013). At the...
© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article dis...
This case study is part of a research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BA...
This article considers how political economy can expand to contribute to the contemporary study of s...
Food is becoming an increasingly disputed issue, and food movements have emerged in both the Global ...
Today’s food systems are contributing to multiple intersecting health and ecological crises. Many ar...
Despite sustainability is a trending topic in the literature, the analysis of the social dimension i...
The need for a common theoretical framework and underpinning with regards to the use of the term ‘su...
The food system has slowly passed from a natural process into an industrial one, becoming increasing...
The article considers how policy can address the local–global within a wider commitment to food sust...