Civic agriculture

Civic agriculture

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

References

  1. ^ Lyson Thomas A. Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community (2004)

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