Alternative Economies
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From  Sustainable Meat – A Contradiction in Terms?From: Emergent Agriculture |
Among the most complex and contentious issues surrounding the debate about what is sustainable and what is not, is the question of meat. Can it be produced sustainably? Should we eat it? As an … | Gary S. Kleppel | 3 | 2014 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! The Way of the PeasantFrom: Civilizing the State |
The Way of the Peasant begins with the impact of industrial agriculture on peasant farmers in India, before focusing on the resistance to these impacts through the anti-globalization and … | John Restakis | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 6: I Can’t Believe It’s Not CowPART III: RED MEAT From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 6 explores the possibilities of milk, meat, and cattle raising on Mars. Discussing the resources needed for dairy cows, lactose intolerance, plant-based “milk” technology, … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From Diversity in AgricultureFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
For the farmer, biodiversity is both domestic and wild, and a farm can be a place where biodiversity flourishes or from which it is excluded. The way farmers relate to biodiversity distinguishes … | Gary S. Kleppel | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From  PrivatizationPart II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop |
Chapter 7 focuses on privatization, private seed companies versus public varieties, monopoly rights, the SeCan Association, competition and Secrecy, and the case study of soybean production in Canada. | Devlin Kuyek | 25 | 2007 | $2.50 Add |
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From  The Food Co-op WavesFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes Black American and working-class consumer co-ops founded in the 1930s Great Depression, many of which, resembling conventional grocery stores, are still in operation while … | John Steinman | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 7: The Fish of the Sea and the Birds of the HeavensPART III: RED MEAT From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 7 examines where birds and seafood fit into the diet of the future Martian city. Discussing seafood, meat as part of human history , fisheries, salmon, climate change, Wildtype’s … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From Consumer Food Co-ops TodayFrom: Grocery Story |
The many facets and community-building features of consumer food co-ops today, from continuing and children’s education to community giving and non-profit arms are described. Also described … | John Steinman | 28 | 2019 | $2.80 Add |
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From HarvestPart II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop |
Chapter 8 explores the future of agriculture, industrial farming and its alternatives, grassroots community organizing and political mobilization, resistance to industrial agriculture, the … | Devlin Kuyek | 10 | 2007 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 8: Old MacDonald Had an iFarmPART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 8 considered what farming and farmers will look like in a Martian city. Discussing the family farm, labour on Mars, agricultural technology, labour shortages, the smart tractor, AI and … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From Co-ops as Food Desert RemediationFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes the way chain stores are reluctant to establish or to continue serving low-income neighbourhoods, forcing residents to live in "food deserts", a mile for more … | John Steinman | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Fair Trade and the Empire of TeaFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
Fair Trade and Co-operation The Fair Trade Network Tea The Small Organic Farmers Association Fair Trade on the Ground The Seductions of Success Beyond Commodities – Going Global The Future … | John Restakis | 33 | 2010 | $3.30 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 9: Closed LoopsPART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 9 focuses on the creation and maintaining of a closed loop system for the Martian community. Discussing recycling, problems of the industrial revolution, circular food systems, … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From Food Co-ops and the Local EconomyFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes the benefits of food co-ops to the local economy via the retention of profits, local supply chains, and the value of using the language of "economic development" … | John Steinman | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From The Emergent MarketFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
Consumers must recognize their responsibility to reward craftsmanship and hard work with patronage, and be willing to pay a fair price for their food. Consumers are actively seeking out … | Gary S. Kleppel | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 10: Ballrooms of MarsPART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 10 offers a reflection on what a night out would look like for both the authors in the Martian city in 2080. Discussion recreation, work life, pubs, music and dancing, first and second … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
