Three leading scholars in the field explain why place and provenance are assuming more importance in the food chain to producers, consumers, and regulators. They examine how these concerns influence debates on the future of food and farming, exploring the implications for three very different regions: California, Tuscany, and Wales.
Kevin Morgan has taught at Cardiff University since 1989, prior to which he was a research fellow in the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University. His main research interests revolve around three core themes: regional innovation strategies, multi-level governance systems and sustainable food chains. He is the author of a number of articles and books, including The Associational Economy: Firms, Regions and Innovation, which was co-authored with Philip Cooke and published by Oxford University Press in 1998 (h/b) and 2000 (p/b). His current projects include an ESRC-funded research project called Delivering Sustainability: The Creative Procurement of School Meals in Italy and the UK and a Joseph Rowntree project on Regenerating Coalfield Communities. Terry Marsden has taught at Cardiff University since 1995 and has been a co-director of the ESRC Centre BRASS at Cardiff since 2003. He also holds visiting posts at the University of Helsinki and the University of Rome. His research interests include rural development, environmental policy and agri-food studies. Jonathan Murdoch has taught at Cardiff University since 1995. His main research interests include actor network theory, agri-food studies and environmental policy and planning. His most recent book is entitled Post-Structuralist Geography: A Guide to Relational Space (Sage, 2005). He is also part of the research team on a EU-funded research project on animal welfare in the European Union.
Show moreThree leading scholars in the field explain why place and provenance are assuming more importance in the food chain to producers, consumers, and regulators. They examine how these concerns influence debates on the future of food and farming, exploring the implications for three very different regions: California, Tuscany, and Wales.
Kevin Morgan has taught at Cardiff University since 1989, prior to which he was a research fellow in the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University. His main research interests revolve around three core themes: regional innovation strategies, multi-level governance systems and sustainable food chains. He is the author of a number of articles and books, including The Associational Economy: Firms, Regions and Innovation, which was co-authored with Philip Cooke and published by Oxford University Press in 1998 (h/b) and 2000 (p/b). His current projects include an ESRC-funded research project called Delivering Sustainability: The Creative Procurement of School Meals in Italy and the UK and a Joseph Rowntree project on Regenerating Coalfield Communities. Terry Marsden has taught at Cardiff University since 1995 and has been a co-director of the ESRC Centre BRASS at Cardiff since 2003. He also holds visiting posts at the University of Helsinki and the University of Rome. His research interests include rural development, environmental policy and agri-food studies. Jonathan Murdoch has taught at Cardiff University since 1995. His main research interests include actor network theory, agri-food studies and environmental policy and planning. His most recent book is entitled Post-Structuralist Geography: A Guide to Relational Space (Sage, 2005). He is also part of the research team on a EU-funded research project on animal welfare in the European Union.
Show moreIntroduction
1: Networks, Conventions, and Regions: Theorizing 'Worlds of
Food'
2: The Regulatory World of Agri-food: Politics, Power, and
Conventions
3: Geographies of Agri-food
4: Localized Quality in Tuscany
5: California: The Parallel Worlds of Rival Agri-food Paradigms
6: The Commodity World in Wales
7: Beyond the Placeless Foodscape: Place, Power, and Provenance
Bibliography
Index
Kevin Morgan has taught at Cardiff University since 1989, prior to
which he was a research fellow in the Science Policy Research Unit
at Sussex University. His main research interests revolve around
three core themes: regional innovation strategies, multi-level
governance systems and sustainable food chains. He is the author of
a number of articles and books, including The Associational
Economy: Firms, Regions and Innovation, which was co-authored with
Philip Cooke
and published by Oxford University Press in 1998 (h/b) and 2000
(p/b). His current projects include an ESRC-funded research project
called Delivering Sustainability: The Creative Procurement of
School
Meals in Italy and the UK and a Joseph Rowntree project on
Regenerating Coalfield Communities.
Terry Marsden has taught at Cardiff University since 1995 and has
been a co-director of the ESRC Centre BRASS at Cardiff since 2003.
He also holds visiting posts at the University of Helsinki and the
University of Rome. His research interests include rural
development, environmental policy and agri-food studies.
Jonathan Murdoch has taught at Cardiff University since 1995. His
main research interests include actor network theory, agri-food
studies and environmental policy and planning. His most recent book
is entitled Post-Structuralist Geography: A Guide to Relational
Space (Sage, 2005). He is also part of the research team on a
EU-funded research project on animal welfare in the European Union.
"Rarely, if ever, with all the reading that I have done, can I recall a genuine reading epiphany: with this book I had two. The book is a must-read for agrifood researchers, especially of the progressive persuasion. Progressive, in this case, includes researchers who recognise that there are many things wrong with conventional food systems and who have turned to approaches such as organics, Fair Trade, Slow Food, community supported agriculture, farmers' markets, localism, food security organizations, and many others". Professor Emeritus Bill Friedland, University of California, Santa Cruz. "This is a fine book, thoroughly to be recommended. It is well written and taut in structure, managing to combine case study specifics with intellectual panorama" Professor Tim Lang, City University, London.
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