Contents
Acknowledgments 000
Introduction: Practice and Place in Remaking the Food System 000
C. Clare Hinrichs
Part I: What's Wrong with the Food System? Orienting Frameworks for Change
1. Civic Agriculture and the North American Food System 000
Thomas A. Lyson
2. Warrior, Builder, and Weaver Work: Strategies for Changing the Food System 000
G. W. Stevenson, Kathryn Ruhf, Sharon Lezberg, and Kate Clancy
Part II: Institutions and Practices to Remake the Food System
3. Farmers' Markets as Keystones in Rebuilding Local and Regional Food Systems 000
Gilbert Gillespie, Duncan L. Hilchey, C. Clare Hinrichs, and Gail Feenstra
4. Practical Research Methods to Enhance Farmers' Markets 000
Larry Lev, Garry Stephenson, and Linda Brewer
5. Community Supported Agriculture as an Agent of Change: Is It Working? 000
Marcia Ruth Ostrom
6. Food Policy Councils: Past, Present, and Future 000
Kate Clancy, Janet Hammer, and Debra Lippoldt
7. The "Red Label" Poultry System in France: Lessons for Renewing an Agriculture-of-the-Middle in the United States 000
G. W. Stevenson and Holly Born
8. Eating Right Here: The Role of Dietary Guidance in Remaking Community-Based Food Systems 000
Jennifer Wilkins
9. Community-Initiated Dialogue: Strengthening the Community through the Local Food System 000
Joan S. Thomson, Audrey N. Maretzki, and Alison H. Harmon
Part III: The Importance of Place and Region in Remaking the Food System
10. Retail Concentration, Food Deserts, and Food-Disadvantaged Communities in Rural America 000
Troy C. Blanchard and Todd L. Matthews
11. Localization in a Global Context: Invigorating Local Communities in Michigan through the Food System 000
Michael W. Hamm
12. Assessing the Significance of Direct Farmer-Consumer Linkages as a Change Strategy in Washington State: Civic or Opportunistic? 000
Marcia Ruth Ostrom and Raymond A. Jussaume, Jr.
13. Emerging Farmers' Markets and the Globalization of Food Retailing: A Perspective from Puerto Rico 000
Viviana Carro-Figueroa and Amy Guptill
14. The Lamb That Roared: Origin-Labeled Products as Place-Making Strategy in Charlevoix, Quebec 000
Elizabeth Barham
15. Be Careful What You Wish For: Democratic Challenges and Political Opportunities for the Michigan Organic Community 000
Laura B. DeLind and Jim Bingen
16. The Social Foundation of Sustainable Agriculture in Southeastern Vermont 000
Matthew Hoffman
17. Community Food Projects and Food System Sustainability 000
Audrey N. Maretzki and Elizabeth Tuckermanty
Conclusion: A Full Plate: Challenges and Opportunities in Remaking the Food System 000
C. Clare Hinrichs and Elizabeth Barham
List of Contributors 000
Index 000
