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Informationen zum Autor Lionel J. Beaulieu is Director of the Southern Rural Development Center and Professor of Rural Sociology in the Department of Agricultural Economics! Mississippi State University.Jeffrey L. Jordan is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia and Director! of the Southern Region USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (S-SARE) Program. Klappentext This volume illustrates the ways in which communities can strengthen the links and set the stage for long-term partnerships between sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural community development initiatives. Zusammenfassung For communities to benefit from sustainable development, strong and lasting partnerships between the agricultural and the broader community are necessary. This book combines lessons learned from both sustainable agriculture and community development interests in moulding sustainable development strategies. This book was published as a special issue of Community Development. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Lionel J. Beaulieu and Jeffrey L. Jordan 2. Linking Sustainable Agriculture and Community Development: The Lowcountry Food Bank's Use of Locally Grown Foods Kenneth L. Robinson, Kathleen K. Robinson, Carlos Carpio and David Hughes 3. Connecting Sustainable Agriculture to Rural Development: The Case of Pasture-Based Dairy Grazing Lois Wright Morton and Leah Miller 4. Food System Makers: Motivational Frames for Catalyzing Agri-Food Development through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Wynne Wright, Michael Score and David S. Conner 5. Options for the Economic Health of Farmers, Farmers Markets and Communities: Homebased Fruit and Vegetable Microprocessing Sandra Bastin 6. Small Farm Clusters and Pathways to Rural Community Sustainability Kathryn J. Brasier, Stephan Goetz, Lindsay A. Smith, Molly Ames, Joanna Green, Tim Kelsey, Anu Rangarajan and Walt Whitmer 7. Linking Small Farms to Rural Communities with Local Food: A Case Study of the Local Food Project in Fairbury, Illinois S.A. Hultine, L.R. Cooperband, M.P. Curry and S. Gasteyer ...
