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ch.1. Introduction : why environment and food? -- ch. 2. The global agri-food system -- ch. 3. The agro-ecology of primary food production -- ch. 4. Global challenges for food protection -- ch. 5. Final foods and their consequences -- ch. 6. Rethinking food security -- ch. 7. Towards a sustainable agri-food system -- ch. 8. Conclusion.

Inquiry into the contemporary role of potato production in Bolivia, relating it to the increasing vulnerability of Bolivia's farming systems and the livelihood of its massive peasant population. The authors solicited the views of peasant producers, technicians and social activists and came to the conclusion that potato cultivation appears to be a search for alternative development strategies that take as a central concern the need for sustainable, endogenous, yet productive agriculture. The case of potatoes in Bolivia is a telling example of the need for awareness to develop from below

1. Food transgressions : ethics, governance and geographies / Michael K. Goodman and Colin Sage -- 2. Pathways of transformation or transgression? Power relations, ethical space and labour rights in Kenyan agri-food value chains / Valerie Nelson. [et al.] -- 3. Of red herrings and immutabilities : rethinking Fairtrade's ethics of relationality among cocoa producers / Amanda Berlan and Catherine Dolan -- 4. Greather than the sum of the parts? Unpacking ethics of care within a community supported agriculture scheme / Rosie Cox. [et al.] -- 5. Polite transgression? Pleasure as economic device and ethical stance in slow food / Federica Davolio and Roberta Sassatelli -- 6. Eating powerful transgressions : (re)assessing the spaces and ethics of organic food in the UK / Michael K. Goodman -- 7. Transgressing retail : supermarkets, liminoid power and the metabolic rift / Jane Dixon, Libby Hattersley and Bronwyn Isaacs -- 8. Making meat collectivities : entanglements of geneticisation, integration and contestation in livestock breeding / Lewis Holloway. [et al.] -- 9. Making and un-making meat : cultural boundaries, environmental thresholds and dietary transgressions / Colin Sage -- 10. Knowing brand wales : agro-food transitions in firms, innovation and governance / Carla De Laurentis and Philip Cooke -- 11. Food for poorer people : conventional and 'alternative' transgressions? / Martin Caraher and Elizabeth Dowler.

Reconnecting so-called alternative food geographies back to the mainstream food system - especially in light of the discursive and material 'transgressions' currently happening between alternative and conventional food networks, this volume critically interrogates and evaluates what stands for 'food politics' in these spaces of transgression now and in the near future and addresses questions such as: What constitutes 'alternative' food politics specifically and food politics more generally when organic and other 'quality' foods have become mainstreamed? What has been the contribution so far of an 'alternative food movement' and its potential to leverage further progressive change and/or make further inroads into conventional systems? What are the empirical and theoretical bases for understanding the established and growing 'transgressions' between conventional and alternative food networks? Offering a better understanding of the evolving position of the corporate food system vis a vis alternative food networks, this book considers the prospects for economic, social, cultural and material transformations led by an increasingly powerful and legitimated alternative food network.--Publisher's website.

1. Grassroots initiatives in food system transformation: the role of food movements in the second 'Great Transformation'Colin Sage, Cordula Kropp, and Irene Antoni-KomarPART I Transformative food movements 2. Women, agroecology and real food in Brazil: from national movement to local practice Isabelle Hillenkamp3. Alternative food politics: the production of urban food spaces in Leipzig (Germany) and Nantes (France) Cordula Kropp and Clara Da Ros4. Co-designing cities: urban gardening projects and the conflict between self-determination and administrative restrictions in German citiesAndrea Baier and Christa MüllerPART II Transformative food economies 5. Food cooperatives as diverse re-embedding forces: a multiple case study in Belgium Julien Vastenaekels and Jérôme Pelenc6. Innovating locally for global transformation: intermediating fluid, agroecological solutions -- examples from France, the USA, Benin and South America Allison Marie Loconto7. Cost effects of local food enterprises: supply chains, transaction costs and social diffusion Niko Paech, Carsten Sperling, and Marius RommelPART III Transformative local networks 8. Transformative communities in Germany: working towards a sustainable food supply through creative doing and collaboration Irene Antoni-Komar and Christine Lenz9. Context-specific notions and practices of 'solidarity' in food procurement networks in Lombardy (Italy) and Massachusetts (USA) Cristina Grasseni10. Transformative governance and food practices for sustainability in and by ecovillages: a German case study Iris Kunze11. An anthropological reflection on urban gardening through the lens of citizenship Robin Smith

1. Contexts of transdisciplinarity : drivers, discourses and process / Gerard Mullally, Colin Sage and Edmond Byrne -- 2. Disciplines, perspectives and conversations / Gerard Mullally, Edmond Byrne and Colin Sage -- 3. Sustainability as contingent balance between opposing though interdependent tendencies : a process approach to progress and evolution / Edmond Byrne -- 4. Paradigmatic transformation across the disciplines : snapshots of an emerging complexity informed approach to progress, evolution and sustainability / Edmond Byrne -- 5. Fear and loading in the anthropocene : narratives of apocalypse and salvation in the irish media / Gerard Mullally -- 6. Bio-fuelling the Hummer? : transdisciplinary thoughts on techno-optimism and innovation in the transition from unsustainability / John Barry -- 7. The gulf between legal and scientific conceptions of ecological "integrity" : the need for a shared understanding in regulatory policy-making / Owen McIntyre and John O'Halloran -- 8. Precaution and prudence in sustainability : heuristic of fear and heuristic of love / Benedicte Sage-Fuller -- 9. Sustainable future ecological communities : on the absence and continuity of sacred symbols, sublime objects and charismatic heroes / Kieran Keohane -- 10. Using energy systems modelling to inform Ireland's low carbon future / Brian Gallachoir, Paul Deane and Alessandro Chiodi -- 11. Markets, productivism and the implications for irish rural sustainable development / Mary O'Shaughnessy and Colin Sage -- 12. Nanomaterials as an emerging category of environmental pollutants / David Sheehan -- 13. Sustaining interdisciplinarity? : reflections on an inter-institutional exchange by an early stage researcher / Stephan Maier, Michael Narodoslawsky and Gerard Mullally -- 14. In praise of intellectual promiscuity in the service of a "passion for sustainability" / John Barry -- 15. Transdisciplinarity within the university : emergent possibilities, opportunities, challenges and constraints / Edmond Byrne, Colin Sage and Gerard Mullally.

1. Metaphor, Transformation and Transdisciplinarity Colin Sage, Ian Hughes, Edmond Byrne, Ger MullallyPart 1: Metaphors of Reason2. Metaphors of Technological Change Fionn Rogan3. Nitrogen, Planetary Boundaries, and the Metabolic Rift: Using Metaphor for Dietary Transitions Toward a Safe Operating Space Colin Sage4. Alchemical and Cyborgian Imaginings in Technoscientific Discourse on Holistic Turns in Food Processing and Personalised Nutrition Shane V. Crowley5. Carbon Budgets: A Metaphor to Bridge the Science -- Policy Interface on Climate Change Action James GlynnPart 2: Myths and Metaphors of Unreason6. Why the Metaphor of Complementary Dualism, and Metaphor Itself, are Foundational to Achieving Sustainability Edmond Byrne7. Myth Beyond Metaphor: Myths in Transition Evan James Boyle8. The Hare and the Tortoise; Metaphorical Lessons Around Sustainability Connor McGookin, Brian Ó Gallachóir and Edmond ByrnePart 3: Metaphor, Myth and Mind9. Myth, Metaphor and Parable in the Psychoanalytic Concept of Development Ian Hughes10. The Elusive Target: Towards an Understanding of the Metaphors About Dementia and Sustainability Cormac Sheehan11. The Shamanic Dream as a Metaphor of Transformative Change Lidia GuzyPart 4: Metaphors of Creativity and Practice12. Joyce's Arches / Arcs / Arks: Portals as Metaphors of Transition from the Antediluvian Anthropocene Kieran Keohane13. Patterns of Interference: The Ethics of Diffraction in Mike McCormack's Solar Bones Maureen O'Connor14. The Rain Box: Raining on the Radio and Other Stories Jools Gilson