{"product_id":"from-farm-to-canal-street-chinatowns-alternative-food-network-in-the-global-marketplace-hardback-9780801454042","title":"From Farm to Canal Street; Chinatown's Alternative Food Network in the Global Marketplace (Hardback) 9780801454042","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Farm to Canal Street\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChinatown's Alternative Food Network in the Global Marketplace\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eValerie Imbruce (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801454042\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 September 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 12 halftones, 13 tables, 7 charts - 12 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.1 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstructors 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.\u003c\/p\u003e - Marion Nestle (Food Politics) \u003cp\u003eUnlike 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.\u003c\/p\u003e (Agriculture and Human Values)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInstructors 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.\u003c\/b\u003e— Marion Nestle â• \u003ci\u003eFood Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eFrom Farm to Canal Street\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImbruce 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: 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\u003ci\u003eAppendix A: Produce Vendors in Chinatown\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, and Herbs Sold in Chinatown\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: Food Plants Found in Southeast Asian Homegardens in Miami-Dade County, Florida\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D: Research Methods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541844455704,"sku":"9780801454042","price":68.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-farm-to-canal-street-chinatowns-alternative-food-network-in-the-global-marketplace-hardback-9780801454042","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}