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oapen-20.500.12657-319732023-03-01T10:39:56Z Sustainable Food Systems Biel, Robert urban agriculture co-operatives sustainability food security Capitalism Paradigm Self-organization bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTF Development studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSG Urban communities bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RP Regional & area planning::RPC Urban & municipal planning bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TV Agriculture & farming::TVF Sustainable agriculture This book, by a leading expert in urban agriculture, offers a genuine solution to today’s global food crisis. By contributing more to feeding themselves, cities can allow breathing space for the rural sector to convert to more organic sustainable approaches. Biel’s approach connects with current debates about agroecology and food sovereignty, asks key questions, and proposes lines of future research. He suggests that today’s food insecurity – manifested in a regime of wildly fluctuating prices – reflects not just temporary stresses in the existing mode of production, but more profoundly the troubled process of generating a new one. He argues that the solution cannot be implemented at a merely technical or political level: the force of change can only be driven by the kind of social movements which are now daring to challenge the existing unsustainable order. Drawing on both his academic research and teaching, and 15 years’ experience as a practising urban farmer, Biel brings a unique interdisciplinary approach to this key global issue, creating a dialogue between the physical and social sciences 2016-12-31 23:55:55 2019-01-11 13:45:08 2020-04-01T13:55:37Z 2020-04-01T13:55:37Z 2016 book 620570 OCN: 982228285 9781911307075 9781911307082 9781911307105 9781911307112 9781911307297 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31973 eng application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 620570.pdf https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/sustainable-food-systems-the-role-of-the-city UCL Press 10.14324/111.9781911307099 10.14324/111.9781911307099 df73bf94-b818-494c-a8dd-6775b0573bc2 9781911307075 9781911307082 9781911307105 9781911307112 9781911307297 152 open access
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This book, by a leading expert in urban agriculture, offers a genuine solution to today’s global food crisis. By contributing more to feeding themselves, cities can allow breathing space for the rural sector to convert to more organic sustainable approaches. Biel’s approach connects with current debates about agroecology and food sovereignty, asks key questions, and proposes lines of future research. He suggests that today’s food insecurity – manifested in a regime of wildly fluctuating prices – reflects not just temporary stresses in the existing mode of production, but more profoundly the troubled process of generating a new one. He argues that the solution cannot be implemented at a merely technical or political level: the force of change can only be driven by the kind of social movements which are now daring to challenge the existing unsustainable order. Drawing on both his academic research and teaching, and 15 years’ experience as a practising urban farmer, Biel brings a unique interdisciplinary approach to this key global issue, creating a dialogue between the physical and social sciences
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