Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food : Exploring Alternatives

Kneafsey, Moya; Cox, Rosie; Holloway, Lewis; Dowler, Elizabeth; Venn, Laura

ISBN 10: 184520252X / ISBN 13: 9781845202521

Published by Berg Publishers, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food : Exploring Alternatives
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184520252X
• ISBN 13: 9781845202521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food presents a detailed and empirically grounded analysis of alternatives to current models of food provision. The book offers insights into the identities, motives and practices of individuals engaged in reconnecting producers, consumers and food. Arguing for a critical revaluation of the meanings of choice and convenience, Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food provides evidence to support the construction of a more sustainable and equitable food system which is built on the relationships between people, communities and their environments.

About the Authors

Moya Kneafsey, Coventry University
Rosie Cox, Birkbeck, University of London
Lewis Holloway, University of Hull
Elizabeth Dowler, University of Warwick
Laura Venn, BMG Research, Birmingham
Helena Tuomainen, formerly at University of Warwick

Rosie Cox is Professor of Geography at Birkbeck, University of London. She has been researching au pairs and other forms of paid domestic labour in the UK for nearly 20 years. She is the author of The Servant Problem: Domestic Employment in a Global Economy (2006), coeditor of Dirt: New Geographies of Cleanliness and Contamination (2007), co-author of Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food: Exploring Alternatives (2008), Dirt: The Filthy Reality of Everyday Life (2011) and editor of Au Pairs' Lives in Global Context (2015).