Eat Local, Taste Global: How Ethnocultural Food Reaches Our Tables - Paperback

by Glen C. Filson (Author), Bamidele Adekunle (Author)

Determines the demand for ethnocultural vegetables in Canada's largest city and identifies contradictions between the corporate food regime and the local food movement affecting ethnic groups' access to their preferred vegetables. Policy changes are recommended to enhance healthy eating and multicultural integration.

Author Biography

Glen C. Filson is Professor Emeritus in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph. He is the editor of Agriculture and Environmental Security in Southern Ontario's Watersheds (2011) and Intensive Agriculture and Sustainability: A Farming Systems Analysis (2004) as well as numerous refereed journal articles on such issues as environmental management.
Bamidele Adekunle is an adjunct professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph and teaches at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University. He is a resource person for the African Economic Research Consortium. He has published articles in journals such as the International Small Business Journal, Appetite, and the International Journal of Consumer Studies.