This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on BALTA research on the Seikatsu Consumer Co-operative in Japan and explores its relevance for local food system transformation in Alberta and British Columbia, CanadaBC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) ; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) ; Centre for Sustainable Community Development, Simon Fraser Universit
Unsustainable food production and consumption patterns are threatening our living environment and ou...
Local food research has been generally focused on strengthening the alternative food system by scali...
Food systems are not sustainable, and efforts to address this are paralyzed by the complex networks ...
This presentation was given at the Co-operatives and Local Food Infrastructure conference hosted by ...
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 case study report is part of a research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Allia...
This paper explores in particular how Teikei groups, as forms of Community Supported Agriculture (CS...
The key challenge facing local food initiatives is how to scale up to the point of transforming (ra...
Food issues are part of a highly complex, variable and interconnected food system that can affect lo...
There is growing interest in the re-localization of food systems. Farmers’ markets are important an...
Cooperative food systems are based in cooperation, encourage inclusion, reconnect farmers and consum...
This is another article on context. In this case, the key trend of "market fragmentation" is introdu...
The working paper depicts two innovative examples from Japan of the direct supply of food, which inv...
Unsustainable food production and consumption patterns are threatening our living environment and ou...
Local food research has been generally focused on strengthening the alternative food system by scali...
Food systems are not sustainable, and efforts to address this are paralyzed by the complex networks ...
This presentation was given at the Co-operatives and Local Food Infrastructure conference hosted by ...
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 case study report is part of a research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Allia...
This paper explores in particular how Teikei groups, as forms of Community Supported Agriculture (CS...
The key challenge facing local food initiatives is how to scale up to the point of transforming (ra...
Food issues are part of a highly complex, variable and interconnected food system that can affect lo...
There is growing interest in the re-localization of food systems. Farmers’ markets are important an...
Cooperative food systems are based in cooperation, encourage inclusion, reconnect farmers and consum...
This is another article on context. In this case, the key trend of "market fragmentation" is introdu...
The working paper depicts two innovative examples from Japan of the direct supply of food, which inv...
Unsustainable food production and consumption patterns are threatening our living environment and ou...
Local food research has been generally focused on strengthening the alternative food system by scali...
Food systems are not sustainable, and efforts to address this are paralyzed by the complex networks ...