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Local Food and Civic Engagement: Do Farmers Who Market Local Food Feel More Responsible for Their Communities?
Rural Sociology ( IF 4.078 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-16 , DOI: 10.1111/ruso.12326
Ethan D. Schoolman 1
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Do farmers who participate in local food systems attach greater importance to civic engagement than farmers whose livelihood is not tied to the vitality of local markets? The literature on local food as a social movement continues to paint a picture of local food systems as contributing to, and benefiting from, rich networks of civil society groups. Yet to date, few studies have directly addressed the question of whether marketing local food is actually associated with higher levels of civic engagement among farmers. In this paper, I draw on local capitalism theory to identify two different mechanisms—depth of economic reliance on local markets, and breadth of social networks related to local food sales—that might spur farmers who market local food to feel more responsible for their communities. Then, using data from a large‐scale survey of specialty crop growers, I explore whether a relationship exists between farmer involvement with local food markets and attitudes toward civic engagement. Results suggest that while farmers strongly committed to local food markets attach greater importance to civic engagement, participation in multiple categories or kinds of local food supply chains is not necessarily associated with stronger civic values.

中文翻译:

当地食物和公民参与:销售当地食物的农民是否对自己的社区负责?

参与当地粮食系统的农民是否比不依赖于当地市场活力的农民更加重视公民参与?关于作为社会运动的地方粮食的文献继续描绘了当地粮食系统对民间社会团体丰富网络的贡献和受益。迄今为止,几乎没有研究直接解决以下问题:销售当地食品是否实际上与农民之间较高的公民参与度有关。在本文中,我将利用地方资本主义理论来确定两种不同的机制,即对当地市场的经济依赖深度以及与当地粮食销售有关的社会网络的广度。这两种机制可能会刺激那些销售当地粮食的农民对社区负有更大责任。然后,利用大规模的特种作物种植者调查数据,我探索了农民参与当地食品市场与公民参与态度之间是否存在关系。结果表明,尽管大力致力于当地食品市场的农民更加重视公民参与,但参与多种类别或种类的当地食品供应链并不一定与更强的公民价值联系在一起。
更新日期:2020-04-16
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