New food networks in the Czech Republic
Four decades of communism and an overnight transition from socialism to the free market caused dramatic shifts in food consumer – producer relationships across Eastern Europe. In the Czech Republic, a history of cooperatives and local food production contrasts with today’s situation, in which the country is almost entirely dependent on international trade and supermarkets. But in response, parallel, independent initiatives of community supported organic agriculture are on the rise.
Title of publication: Cultivate
Auteur: Tomás Uhnák , Jan Valeska
Organisation: KomPot
Année: 2017
Pays: Czechia
Couverture géographique: Europe et l'Asie centrale, Union européenne
Type: Article de blog
Texte intégral disponible à l'adresse: http://www.cultivatecollective.org/in-practice/alternative-food-systems-in-the-czech-republic/
Langue: English