This week, Grace and I have continued to gather relevant research to frame our project and set us on the track to success. We have created a Zotero library where we are collecting relevant scholarship and background research for our project. Please take a look at our library for an up to date archive of our resources. Below is an annotated bibliography, which can also be found in our Zotero library. During class last week, everyone briefly presented their project proposals and received individual feedback from each student via google form. From the comments that Grace and I received, it is clear that we need to work on developing a connecting action between our findings at each level of stakeholder. This connecting action will allow us to bridge the gap between differing perspectives at each level of the food system. One way that we could do this would be to bring all of our stakeholders together to converse with each other. However, since we are planning to conduct individual interviews, it may be more feasible for us to present our findings to each stakeholder at the end of our project, rather than hosting everyone at once for a conversation. We are still working to figure out how we can best implement this connecting action. Annotated BibliographyBeitzen-Heineke, Elisa F., Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, and Hendrik Reefke. 2017. “The Prospects of Zero-Packaging Grocery Stores to Improve the Social and Environmental Impacts of the Food Supply Chain.” Journal of Cleaner Production 140 (January): 1528–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.227.
This article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of zero-packaging grocery stores for consumers and suppliers. The opportunities of "bulk" grocery stores, or zero-packaging stores are not well understood. The findings in this article suggest that these stores can induce more resource efficient practices in both consumers and suppliers. However, they also reduce convenience by limiting product variety and increasing the time it takes to grocery shop. They conclude by discussing ways in which zero-packaging grocery stores must adapt their service levels to become comparable to a regular supermarket in order to persuade the everyday consumer to shop there. “Bill S.130 ‘DAIRY PRIDE Act.’” n.d. Accessed March 5, 2019. https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s130/BILLS-115s130is.pdf. This bill, titled 'Dairy Pride Act', was introduced to the United States senate in January of 2017. Its purpose is to defend against imitations and replacements of yogurt, milk, and cheese to promote regular intakes of dairy. The aim of this bill is to refute the use of the word "milk" on milk-alternative products. “Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival Ch. 1 ‘A Movement or a Market?’” n.d. Accessed February 19, 2019. https://content.ucpress.edu/chapters/10607001.ch01.pdf. This book excerpt explains the history of fair trade, and examines whether 'fair trade' is a movement or a market. Their examination aims to uncover what fair trade actually means: does it make a real impact on fair labor, or is it just a marketing tactic used to increase prices? Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market that is meant to bring about greater social justice and better prices for small farmers. This book demonstrates the complexity of the fair trade market and its relation to global economics. Davenport, Coral. 2018. “Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040.” The New York Times, October 15, 2018, sec. Climate. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html. This New York Times article discusses the particulars of the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. This report describes the reality of worsening food shortages, wild fires, and a mass die-off of coral reefs as soon as 2040, which is well within much of the world's population's lifetime. This article explores the complexity and gravity of these problems, and the extreme changes that need to be made in an effort to mitigate such risks. Eagleton-Pierce, Dr Matthew. n.d. “ON INDIVIDUALISM IN THE NEOLIBERAL PERIOD,” 11. “Global Warming of 1.5 oC —.” n.d. Accessed February 19, 2019. https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/. This paper explores how the idea of individualization emerged our of the current neoliberal period. Individualism grew out of industrial society in the 19th century, and has remained a center of struggle for both supporters and critics of our current capitalist system. This paper also offers a deeper discussion as to the reasons why individualism is so appealing, and how the major popularization of "personal choice" has been birthed out of neoliberalism.
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