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- ISBN-13
- 9780801456862
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- ISBN
- 9780801456862
- Book Title
- From Farm to Canal Street : Chinatown's Alternative Food Network in the Global Marketplace
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Business & Economics, Social Science
- Topic
- Urban & Regional, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Industries / Agribusiness, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Sociology / Urban
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
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On the sidewalks of Manhattan's Chinatown, you can find street vendors and greengrocers selling bright red litchis in the summer and mustard greens and bok choy no matter the season. The neighborhood supplies more than two hundred distinct varieties of fruits and vegetables that find their way onto the tables of immigrants and other New Yorkers from many walks of life. Chinatown may seem to be a unique ethnic enclave, but it is by no means isolated. It has been shaped by free trade and by American immigration policies that characterize global economic integration. In From Farm to Canal Street , Valerie Imbruce tells the story of how Chinatown's food network operates amid--and against the grain of--the global trend to consolidate food production and distribution. Manhattan's Chinatown demonstrates how a local market can influence agricultural practices, food distribution, and consumer decisions on a very broad scale.Imbruce recounts the development of Chinatown's food network to include farmers from multimillion-dollar farms near the Everglades Agricultural Area and tropical "homegardens" south of Miami in Florida and small farms in Honduras. Although hunger and nutrition are key drivers of food politics, so are jobs, culture, neighborhood quality, and the environment. Imbruce focuses on these four dimensions and proposes policy prescriptions for the decentralization of food distribution, the support of ethnic food clusters, the encouragement of crop diversity in agriculture, and the cultivation of equity and diversity among agents in food supply chains. Imbruce features farmers and brokers whose life histories illuminate the desires and practices of people working in a niche of the global marketplace.
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Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
080145686x
ISBN-13
9780801456862
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8038600938
Product Key Features
Book Title
From Farm to Canal Street : Chinatown's Alternative Food Network in the Global Marketplace
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Urban & Regional, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Industries / Agribusiness, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics, Social Science
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Hd9008.N5i46 2015
Grade from
College Graduate Student
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Unlike the majority of local food literature that mostly advocates farmers' markets, community-supported agriculture, and Co-op stores, Imbruce boldly chooses Chinatown's food network, a non-mainstream alternative food system, as her research topic.... This book would be appropriate for policymakers and practitioners who work with food and community policies., "Instructors of courses in food systems: this book belongs in your syllabus. It is essential reading for anyone interested in who produces food for urban areas and how it gets into cities."-Marion Nestle, Food Politics, "Valerie Imbruce reveals why Chinatown produce markets are so abundant and of such high quality and how they support small farmers and feed food lovers of modest to low incomes. In the face of agribusiness, the global patenting of seeds, and huge chain supermarkets, From Farm to Canal Street offers stunning insights about alternative, translocal network of producers in the Americas supplying urban markets with fresh, quality fruits and veggies. Imbruce effectively challenges cynicism and wrong-headed assumptions about what is possible in alternative food systems. This game-changing book opens up new horizons for policy debates and food justice strategies."--John Kuo Wei Tchen, New York University, author of New York before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882, "In From Farm to Canal Street , Valerie Imbruce provides a unique perspective on food systems."--E. Melanie DuPuis, Pace University, coauthor of Alternative Food Networks: Knowledge, Practice, and Politics, "In From Farm to Canal Street, Valerie Imbruce provides a unique perspective on food systems."--E. Melanie DuPuis, Pace University, coauthor of Alternative Food Networks: Knowledge, Practice, and Politics, "Instructors of courses in food systems: this book belongs in your syllabus. It is essential reading for anyone interested in who produces food for urban areas and how it gets into cities."--Marion Nestle, Food Politics, "Valerie Imbruce deftly balances her expertise in ethnobotany with a nuanced understanding of food marketing to present a compelling, relatable and thought-provoking picture of an alternative food network based on years of extensive fieldwork. Chinatown food markets are seen by hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers every day, but who but Imbruce would dig deep to explore what is really happening, locally and globaly? The book is model food studies."-Jonathan Deutsch, Drexel University, coauthor of Food Studies: An Introduction to Research Methods, "In From Farm to Canal Street, Valerie Imbruce provides a unique perspective on food systems."-E. Melanie DuPuis, Pace University, coauthor of Alternative Food Networks: Knowledge, Practice, and Politics, "Valerie Imbruce deftly balances her expertise in ethnobotany with a nuanced understanding of food marketing to present a compelling, relatable and thought-provoking picture of an alternative food network based on years of extensive fieldwork. Chinatown food markets are seen by hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers every day, but who but Imbruce would dig deep to explore what is really happening, locally and globaly? The book is model food studies."--Jonathan Deutsch, Drexel University, coauthor of Food Studies: An Introduction to Research Methods, Valerie Imbruce deftly balances her expertise in ethnobotany with a nuanced understanding of food marketing to present a compelling, relatable, and thought-provoking picture of an alternative food network based on years of extensive fieldwork. Chinatown food markets are seen by hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers every day, but who but Imbruce would dig deep to explore what is really happening, locally and globally? The book is model food studies., "The excellent From Farm to Canal Street is lively and accessible. Valerie Imbruce describes a food contracting system that is an alternative to the dominant vertically integrated corporate system. She systematically tracks the links to Chinatown's internationally extensive food supply chain. This book offers validation of a food chain that the New York City government does not publicly acknowledge and that the city's current land use policies could effectively wipe out by encouraging further upscale real estate development in Chinatown."--Lynn McCormick, Hunter College, The excellent From Farm to Canal Street is lively and accessible. Valerie Imbruce describes a food contracting system that is an alternative to the dominant vertically integrated corporate system. She systematically tracks the links to Chinatown's internationally extensive food supply chain. This book offers validation of a food chain that the New York City government does not publicly acknowledge and that the city's current land use policies could effectively wipe out by encouraging further upscale real estate development in Chinatown., "Valerie Imbruce reveals why Chinatown produce markets are so abundant and of such high quality and how they support small farmers and feed food lovers of modest to low incomes. In the face of agribusiness, the global patenting of seeds, and huge chain supermarkets, From Farm to Canal Street offers stunning insights about alternative, translocal network of producers in the Americas supplying urban markets with fresh, quality fruits and veggies. Imbruce effectively challenges cynicism and wrong-headed assumptions about what is possible in alternative food systems. This game-changing book opens up new horizons for policy debates and food justice strategies."-John Kuo Wei Tchen, New York University, author of New York before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882, Valerie Imbruce reveals why Chinatown produce markets are so abundant and of such high quality and how they support small farmers and feed food lovers of modest to low incomes. In the face of agribusiness, the global patenting of seeds, and huge chain supermarkets, From Farm to Canal Street offers stunning insights about alternative, translocal network of producers in the Americas supplying urban markets with fresh, quality fruits and veggies. Imbruce effectively challenges cynicism and wrong-headed assumptions about what is possible in alternative food systems. This game-changing book opens up new horizons for policy debates and food justice strategies., "The excellent From Farm to Canal Street is lively and accessible. Valerie Imbruce describes a food contracting system that is an alternative to the dominant vertically integrated corporate system. She systematically tracks the links to Chinatown's internationally extensive food supply chain. This book offers validation of a food chain that the New York City government does not publicly acknowledge and that the city's current land use policies could effectively wipe out by encouraging further upscale real estate development in Chinatown."-Lynn McCormick, Hunter College, Instructors of courses in food systems: this book belongs in your syllabus. It is essential reading for anyone interested in who produces food for urban areas and how it gets into cities.
Table of Content
Introduction: Situating Manhattan's ChinatownChapter 1. Greengrocers and Street VendorsChapter 2. The Social Network of TradeChapter 3. Okeechobee Bok ChoyChapter 4. Bringing Southeast Asia to the Southeastern United StatesChapter 5. Growing Asian Vegetables in HondurasChapter 6. Chinese Food in American CultureChapter 7. Chinatown?s Food Network and New York City PoliciesConclusion: Diversity and Dynamism in Global Markets Appendix A: Produce Vendors in Chinatown Appendix B: Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, and Herbs Sold in Chinatown Appendix C: Food Plants Found in Southeast Asian Homegardens in Miami-Dade County, Florida Appendix D: Research Methods Notes References Index, Introduction: Situating Manhattan's ChinatownChapter 1. Greengrocers and Street VendorsChapter 2. The Social Network of TradeChapter 3. Okeechobee Bok ChoyChapter 4. Bringing Southeast Asia to the Southeastern United StatesChapter 5. Growing Asian Vegetables in HondurasChapter 6. Chinese Food in American CultureChapter 7. Chinatown's Food Network and New York City PoliciesConclusion: Diversity and Dynamism in Global Markets Appendix A: Produce Vendors in Chinatown Appendix B: Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, and Herbs Sold in Chinatown Appendix C: Food Plants Found in Southeast Asian Homegardens in Miami-Dade County, Florida Appendix D: Research Methods Notes References Index
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2015-010706
Dewey Decimal
381/.4108995107471
Dewey Edition
23
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