Title of document: Audit and agrarianism: the moral economy of an alternative food network

Authors: Liz Carlisle  

Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Science of the Anthropocene

Year of publication: 2015

Geographic focus: Global

Url original document: elementascience.org

Summary:

With consumers and producers seeking alternative to corporate, industrial food, systems of provision that promise greater ecological and social sustainability have gained in popularity. As these Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) scale up and go mainstream, both scholars and the general public want to know who is holding them accountable to their purported goals.