Recent ucsc_agroecology_sbisa items

The Human Face of Sustainable Food Systems: Adding People to the Environmental Agenda

Sun, 1 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Re-examines the social issues that must be addressed in working toward sustainability, including food and income distribution, labor conditions, concentration of ownership, and research priorities. Includes examples of programs that focus on solving these problems.

Expanding the Definition of Sustainable Agriculture

Sun, 1 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Raises concerns about current sustainability definitions and suggests ways to incorporate social, environmental, and economic issues into a new definition of sustainable agriculture

What Do We Want To Sustain? Developing a Comprehensive Vision of Sustainable Agriculture

Sun, 1 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Discusses ways to broaden the concept of sustainable agriculture so as to include issues of class, gender, and race.

Sustainability in the Balance: Raising Fundamental Issues

Sun, 1 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Summarizes social issues critical to sustainable agriculture. Raises questions to be considered in clarifying sustainability goals and translating them into action.