For our society to become sustainably viable in the future, the ways in which we obtain our food and the methods used to create that food will be very important. One of the most environmentally friendly methods of food obtainment is membership in a food cooperative. This research delves into the basics of food cooperatives, highlights similar studies of other sustainability indicators, and examines the geographic distribution of food co-ops across the United States
Replaced with revised version of paper 11/3/11.food consumer cooperatives, local foods, Agribusiness...
Food cooperatives have existed in the United States since the mid-nineteenth century. The vast major...
Our understanding of the science of anthropogenic climate change and its immediate and indirect impa...
This work has undergone a double-blind review by a minimum of two faculty members from institutions ...
Over fourteen percent of households in the United States (US) are food insecure (USDA, 2013). At the...
There are more than 40,000 agricultural cooperatives in Europe with 9 million farmer members and ove...
Food cooperatives play an important role in local food networks as business organizations that use i...
This paper explores whether food cooperatives can provide an effective vehicle for developing and di...
It is now widely acknowledged that the development of conventional capitalist food systems has provo...
This study examines the role that food consumer cooperatives play in the local food networks. Data a...
Co-operative ways of working can be understood as people-centred approaches. This article considers ...
The current state of agriculture in the United States utilizes industrial practices that pose a myri...
This article illuminates the geographic concept of ‘place’ in local foods. Because the social aspect...
Cooperatives can be deconstructed into four components: legal form, governance model, social movemen...
This article uses foodscapes as a lens to explore the potential of ecovillages’ food practices towar...
Replaced with revised version of paper 11/3/11.food consumer cooperatives, local foods, Agribusiness...
Food cooperatives have existed in the United States since the mid-nineteenth century. The vast major...
Our understanding of the science of anthropogenic climate change and its immediate and indirect impa...
This work has undergone a double-blind review by a minimum of two faculty members from institutions ...
Over fourteen percent of households in the United States (US) are food insecure (USDA, 2013). At the...
There are more than 40,000 agricultural cooperatives in Europe with 9 million farmer members and ove...
Food cooperatives play an important role in local food networks as business organizations that use i...
This paper explores whether food cooperatives can provide an effective vehicle for developing and di...
It is now widely acknowledged that the development of conventional capitalist food systems has provo...
This study examines the role that food consumer cooperatives play in the local food networks. Data a...
Co-operative ways of working can be understood as people-centred approaches. This article considers ...
The current state of agriculture in the United States utilizes industrial practices that pose a myri...
This article illuminates the geographic concept of ‘place’ in local foods. Because the social aspect...
Cooperatives can be deconstructed into four components: legal form, governance model, social movemen...
This article uses foodscapes as a lens to explore the potential of ecovillages’ food practices towar...
Replaced with revised version of paper 11/3/11.food consumer cooperatives, local foods, Agribusiness...
Food cooperatives have existed in the United States since the mid-nineteenth century. The vast major...
Our understanding of the science of anthropogenic climate change and its immediate and indirect impa...