Alternative and local food:
concepts and practices
Session 6 – Sustainable diets?
4th October 2013
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Tuesday:
Introductions and problematisation of the concept of sustainable food; overview of the changing
nature of food in society and the emergence of oppositional and/or innovative local food networks.
Wednesday:
Community Supported Agriculture – models, structures and motivations.
Thursday:
Farmers’ markets and their role in rural development, rural-urban links and as contributors to the
creation of urban space. LM3 method.
AND: the application of concepts from economic sociology to study the environmental outcomes of
social enterprises trying to protect German orchard biospheres.
Review of the week

Reporting back on the diaries
What have you bought and eaten this week?
What has influenced your decision-making?
What dilemmas/conflicts have you faced?
What would make things easier/different for you?
What have you learnt about sustainability as it relates to food, and especially to local food
dialogues?

•I will send Zdenka slides and a reading list
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•You will be invited to send me some reflections – is it what you expected, how could it be
improved?
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•If you need any more details about things we covered, you can ask Nadia, or email me
dkeech@glos.ac.uk
What next?