Organic farming is widely perceived as being more environmentally friendly than
conventional farming. As a form of sustainable agriculture, it receives substantial support …

In this second edition of The Sociology of Food and Agriculture, students are provided with a
substantially revised and updated introductory text to this emergent field. The book begins …

Recent years have seen a substantial increase in alternative agrifood initiatives that attempt
to use the market to curtail the negative social and environmental effects of production and …

This paper reports on the latest contributions to over 20 years of research on organic food
consumers. There is a general consensus in the literature on the reasons why people buy …

Products certified according to their environmental and social sustainability are becoming an
important feature of production, trade and consumption in the agro‐food …

The agri-food system is facing a range of social-ecological threats, many of which are
caused and amplified by industrial agriculture. In response, numerous sustainable …

This paper reports on an experiment linking science with people. Taking as a paradigm the
holistic scientific approach fostered by agroecology, we present a methodological proposal …

With “consumer demand” credited with driving major changes in the food industry related to
food quality, safety, environmental, and social concerns, the contemporary politics of food …

The success of alternative food initiatives indicates increasing interest in changing the way
food is produced, processed, and sold. Ecolabels such as organic and Fair Trade have …

The last 10 years have witnessed numerous attempts to evaluate the merits of new
theoretical approaches–ranging from Actor Network Theory to 'post-structural'Political …