Civic agriculture
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Civic agriculture is the trend towards locally based agriculture and food production that is tightly linked to a community's social and economic development.
Civic agriculture represents a sustainable alternative to the potentially destructive practices of conventional, large-scale agriculture. The term was coined by the late Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Thomas A. Lyson, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University, at the 1999 Rural Sociology Society Annual Meeting.[1]
Manifestations of movement towards Civic Agriculture:
- Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
- Farmer's markets
- Specialized agricultural districts
- Alternative food stores
- Consumer cooperatives
[edit] References
- ^ Lyson Thomas A. Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community (2004)
