Changing the food game: Market transformation strategies for sustainable agriculture by Lucas Simons

Authors

  • Adam Sneyd University of Guelph

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i1.139

Keywords:

market transformation, agrarian question, certification

Abstract

Experts in the area of new agricultural standards, codes, and certifications tend to hold strong perspectives on the reforms that they believe will transform unsustainable conventional farming practices. However, these important practitioner points of view infrequently make a big splash in global conversations and debates on the future of agriculture. The perspectives of philanthropists, celebrities, and generalists have of late received more attention than those of insider-type individuals that address this issue from their own particular technical or analytical perspective. And it is this gap that certification, farmer organization, and agricultural development consultant Lucas Simons seeks to fill in his new and highly accessible book Changing the Food Game.

Author Biography

Adam Sneyd, University of Guelph

Adam Sneyd is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the International Development Studies Program at the University of Guelph. He conducts research on the political economy of commodities and development.
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Published

2016-04-04

How to Cite

Sneyd, A. (2016). Changing the food game: Market transformation strategies for sustainable agriculture by Lucas Simons. Canadian Food Studies La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 3(1), 130–132. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i1.139

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016): Data, discourse, and divergence

Section

Book/Art/Event Review

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