Food System Intermediaries - (Food, Health, and the Environment) by Adrian Hearn (Paperback)
$65.00 when purchased online
Target Online store #3991
About this item
Highlights
- A cutting-edge analysis of food systems sustainability, including COVID's impact on current food systems, in up-to-date case studies of community farms in Australia, Brazil, Cuba, and China.
- About the Author: Adrian H. Hearn teaches at the University of Melbourne.
- 248 Pages
- Social Science, Agriculture & Food
- Series Name: Food, Health, and the Environment
Description
Book Synopsis
A cutting-edge analysis of food systems sustainability, including COVID's impact on current food systems, in up-to-date case studies of community farms in Australia, Brazil, Cuba, and China. What does expanding agribusiness--and community resistance to it--reveal about the influence of global trends on local livelihoods, and conversely, the influence of food traditions on international networks? In Food System Intermediaries, anthropologist Adrian Hearn examines how small farmers and their allies are defending their lands and livelihoods from expanding commodity plantations. At the heart of these encounters are food system intermediaries: people who carefully articulate food traditions to forge consensus among otherwise disconnected community producers, local governments, and urban customers. Their efforts to bring these groups together must contend with alternative portrayals of food circulated by more powerful corporate and government actors. The book offers case studies of urban farms in Melbourne, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Beijing, and Havana to demonstrate how intermediaries are building alliances to cultivate more sustainable food systems, particularly as China's impact on global agriculture deepens.About the Author
Adrian H. Hearn teaches at the University of Melbourne. His books include Diaspora and Trust, Cuba, The Changing Currents of Transpacific Integration, and China Engages Latin America. His organization Suns of Mercury works with communities around the world to create music, films, and urban farms.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W)
Weight: .81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 248
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Agriculture & Food
Series Title: Food, Health, and the Environment
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Adrian Hearn
Language: English
Street Date: October 21, 2025
TCIN: 1002183676
UPC: 9780262553513
Item Number (DPCI): 247-25-7120
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it.
Shipping details
Estimated ship dimensions: 1 inches length x 6 inches width x 9 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.812 pounds
We regret that this item cannot be shipped to PO Boxes.
This item cannot be shipped to the following locations: American Samoa (see also separate entry under AS), Guam (see also separate entry under GU), Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico (see also separate entry under PR), United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S., APO/FPO
Return details
This item can be returned to any Target store or Target.com.
This item must be returned within 90 days of the date it was purchased in store, shipped, delivered by a Shipt shopper, or made ready for pickup.
See the return policy for complete information.
