Constructing sustainability through reconnection: The case of 'alternative' food networks

Cox, Rosie; Kneafsey, Moya; Venn, Laura; Holloway, Lewis; Dowler, Elizabeth; Tuomainen, Helena

Abstract

This chapter examines two particular environmental programmes in Canada, one in the Atlantic provinces and one in Ontario, with a view to assessing how the process of 'bottom up' planning has worked in these two instances and what lessons may be learned about the long-term sustainability of the actions incorporated within the two case study schemes. The Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) is one of five regional ecosystem-based initiatives developed by Environment Canada in the 1990s as best examples of how sustainable development might be achieved through a combination of economic, environmental and community-based components. The second Canadian example of a bottom-up environmental scheme to be discussed here is an agri-environmental scheme formally launched in 1993, the Ontario Environmental Farm Plan (EFP). Surveys of participants in the scheme revealed various positive responses to the EFP in terms of its influence on increasing awareness of farm conservation issues, its educational value and the identification of potential environmental risks.

Citation

Cox, R., Kneafsey, M., Venn, L., Holloway, L., Dowler, E., & Tuomainen, H. (2008). Constructing sustainability through reconnection: The case of 'alternative' food networks. In G. Robinson (Ed.), Sustainable rural systems : sustainable agriculture and rural communities (67-82). Aldershot: Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315611556

• Online Publication Date: Apr 1, 2016
• Publication Date: May 20, 2008
• Deposit Date: Apr 4, 2022
• Publisher: Ashgate
• Pages: 67-82
• Series Title: Perspectives on rural policy and planning
• Book Title: Sustainable rural systems : sustainable agriculture and rural communities
• Chapter Number: 3
• ISBN: 9780754647157 ; 9781138257580
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315611556
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3592782