| Description |
1 online resource (238 pages) |
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Cover; Labor and the Locavore; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Is Local Food an Ethical Alternative?; 1 Agrarianism and Hudson Valley Agriculture; 2 The Workers: Labor Conditions, Paternalism, and Immigrant Stories; 3 The Farmers: Challenges of the Small Business; 4 Sustainable Jobs? Ethnic Succession and the New Latinos; 5 Toward a Comprehensive Food Ethic; Methodological Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In the blizzard of attention around the virtues of local food production, food writers and activists place environmental protection, animal welfare, and saving small farms at the forefront of their attention. Yet amid this turn to wholesome and responsible food choices, the lives and working conditions of farmworkers are often an afterthought. Labor and the Locavore focuses on one of the most vibrant local food economies in the country, the Hudson Valley that supplies New York restaurants and farmers markets. Based on more than a decade's in-depth interviews with workers, farmers, and others, G |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Agricultural laborers -- Abuse of -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
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Agricultural laborers -- Employment -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
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Labor policy -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Agricultural laborers -- Abuse of
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Agricultural laborers -- Employment
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Labor policy
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United States -- Hudson River Valley
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013011414 |
| ISBN |
9780520957060 |
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0520957067 |
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9781299974586 |
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1299974589 |
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