CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Strenchock, Logan Peter |
|---|---|
| Title | Local Food Systems in Budapest: Citizen Driven Conscious Food Consumption Initiatives to and their Ability to Shape New Food Paradigms in Hungary |
| Summary | Throughout Hungary a diverse and resilient group of individuals has been working hard to develop equitable and environmentally conscious food production and distribution systems. Such networks seek to offer high quality food products to consumers without being reliant on environmental exploitation or social and economic injustice that exists inherently within industrialized production systems. Organic growers and small scale producers face an uphill battle in simultaneously managing production responsibilities with retail demands; all within an incredibly competitive, consolidated, globalized food market. Growers and producers are expected to fulfill multiple roles while trying to remain financially stable in the crisis ridden Hungarian agricultural sector, taking on the duties of land and animal managers, marketers, distributors, processors, transporters, and employers. With these challenges in mind, it is not an overstatement to say that the local food networks that exist in Budapest are a testament to the creativity and ingenuity of producers, and those working to support their cause in the city, and in Hungary. What is observed from trends in local food system development in Budapest will have great resonance in greater Hungary as citizens look for guidance on how to shape local food movements in their community. In a time of crisis within the agricultural sector in Hungary, it becomes more important than ever to develop factors for success which can aid in the development and result in the continuity of local food initiatives across the country. This study will attempt that task with hopes that the roots to solutions to the greater problems in the Hungarian agricultural sector will be planted at the local level. |
| Supervisor | Aistara, Guntra |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/strenchock_logan.pdf |
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