This important cultural analysis tells two stories about food. The first depicts good food as
democratic. Foodies frequent 'hole in the wall'ethnic eateries, appreciate the pie found in …

This paper links changing global coffee markets to opportunities and vulnerabilities for
sustaining small-scale farmer livelihoods in northern Nicaragua. Changing governance …

Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater
social justice to small farmers around the world. But what does a fair-trade label signify? This …

In the past decade, progressive public health advocates and food justice activists have
increasingly argued that food deserts, which they define as neighborhoods lacking available …

This paper begins to explore the changing political geographies of alternative development
as practiced and envisioned in the global South. Looking specifically at the growing …

While the phenomenon of embodied knowledge is becoming integrated into the social
sciences, critical geography, and feminist research agendas it continues to be largely …

This paper examines how political ecology themes of tropical conservation and social justice
become representational practices underpinning 'alternative'consumption in the North. The …

Food is increasingly traded internationally, thereby transforming the organization of food
production and consumption globally and influencing most food-related practices. This …

Individual aspirations of associating with role models are routinely harnessed by marketers,
who for instance, use celebrity endorsement in selling brands and products. It appears there …

This paper uses a case study of tourism in the Lake District and Exmoor to explore the
relationship between 'local food'and sustainable rural tourism in the UK. Drawing on …