Borders Out of Register: Edge Effects in the U.S.-Mexico Foodshed
dc.contributor.author | Bellante, Laurel | |
dc.contributor.author | Nabhan, Gary Paul | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-02T21:11:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-02T21:11:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Borders Out of Register: Edge Effects in the U.S.-Mexico Foodshed 2016, 38 (2):104 Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 21539553 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/cuag.12075 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622724 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper addresses how food systems and transboundary food supply chains are mediated and shaped by (cross-) cultural and geopolitical borders that function as selective filters. We focus on the ways in which the political boundary in a formerly cohesive foodshed generates "edge effects" that affect (1) food safety, and (2) food waste, particularly in desert communities adjacent to the U.S.-Mexico border. We hypothesize that as these various boundary lines get "out of register" with one another, their dissonance creates both unexpected impacts as well as opportunities for positive change. This initial analysis demonstrates how multiple (and often permeable) social, economic, and ecological edges intersect with food supply chain vulnerabilities and economic opportunities at the border. Drawing on examples from food safety and food waste surrounding the "Ambos Nogales" port of entry on the Arizona-Sonora border, we document the ways in which the border produces ecological and social edge effects that are dissonant with the official legal boundary. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Arizona | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | American Anthropological Association | en |
dc.relation.url | http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/cuag.12075 | en |
dc.rights | © 2016 by the American Anthropological Association. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | food access disparities | en |
dc.subject | food aid | en |
dc.subject | food safety | en |
dc.subject | food waste | en |
dc.subject | transnational foodsheds | en |
dc.subject | U.S.-Mexico border | en |
dc.title | Borders Out of Register: Edge Effects in the U.S.-Mexico Foodshed | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | Univ Arizona, Ctr Reg Food Studies | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment | en |
dc.description.collectioninformation | This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu. | en |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-19T08:42:33Z | |
html.description.abstract | This paper addresses how food systems and transboundary food supply chains are mediated and shaped by (cross-) cultural and geopolitical borders that function as selective filters. We focus on the ways in which the political boundary in a formerly cohesive foodshed generates "edge effects" that affect (1) food safety, and (2) food waste, particularly in desert communities adjacent to the U.S.-Mexico border. We hypothesize that as these various boundary lines get "out of register" with one another, their dissonance creates both unexpected impacts as well as opportunities for positive change. This initial analysis demonstrates how multiple (and often permeable) social, economic, and ecological edges intersect with food supply chain vulnerabilities and economic opportunities at the border. Drawing on examples from food safety and food waste surrounding the "Ambos Nogales" port of entry on the Arizona-Sonora border, we document the ways in which the border produces ecological and social edge effects that are dissonant with the official legal boundary. |