This presentation was given at the Co-operatives and Local Food Infrastructure conference hosted by Alberta Agriculture and Food on November 26, 2009. It presents research conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) on the Seikatsu Consumer Co-operative in Japan and explores its relevance for local food system transformation in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) ; Centre for Sustainable Community Development, Simon Fraser University ; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC
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This is another article on context. In this case, the key trend of "market fragmentation" is introdu...
It is now widely acknowledged that the development of conventional capitalist food systems has provo...
This article focuses on the collaborations between academics and community-based organizations seeki...
This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) r...
This case study is part of a research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BA...
This presentation was part of a panel session on "Community Organizing and Community Economic Develo...
This presentation was part of a panel session on "Planning for Growth or Planning for Equity: Poten...
This paper explores in particular how Teikei groups, as forms of Community Supported Agriculture (CS...
This case study report is part of a research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Allia...
Cooperative food systems are based in cooperation, encourage inclusion, reconnect farmers and consum...
There is growing interest in the re-localization of food systems. Farmers’ markets are important an...
This is one of several preliminary scoping studies undertaken for Social Economy Research Cluster (S...
The working paper depicts two innovative examples from Japan of the direct supply of food, which inv...
Food issues are part of a highly complex, variable and interconnected food system that can affect lo...
The key challenge facing local food initiatives is how to scale up to the point of transforming (ra...
This is another article on context. In this case, the key trend of "market fragmentation" is introdu...
It is now widely acknowledged that the development of conventional capitalist food systems has provo...
This article focuses on the collaborations between academics and community-based organizations seeki...