Civic agriculture and leadership: Builders and weavers in Iowa's regional food systems

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dc.contributor.advisor Lois Wright Morton
dc.contributor.author Kleiman, Laura
dc.contributor.department Sociology
dc.date 2018-08-11T12:01:06.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T02:48:20Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T02:48:20Z
dc.date.copyright Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2013
dc.date.embargo 2015-07-30
dc.date.issued 2013-01-01
dc.description.abstract <p>Ecological instability is a problem in our modern time; however, there are an increasing number of social movements dedicated to addressing this problem, for example, the sustainable agriculture and the food security movements. This paper focuses on a specific aspect of social change related to food production: food system localization. The Regional Food Systems Working Group (RFSWG) was created by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture of Iowa State University in 2003. The RFSWG can be understood as a community of practice and studied using the sociological theory of civic agriculture. The goal of the working group is to provide a forum for the coordinators of Iowa's regional food groups to share information and learn from each other within the social context of local food systems. Ten coordinators of the RFSWG were interviewed for this paper in order to learn how food group coordinators in Iowa develop lasting relationships with farmers and producers. After analysis, the data yielded rich, qualitative data regarding the research question; however, there were also emergent themes in the data that shed light on the leadership styles of coordinators. These themes include the warrior, builder, and weaver framework for understanding leadership style. This exploratory, inductive study is the first of its kind and provides a strong backbone for future research in food system localization efforts and leadership.</p>
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dc.identifier archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13240/
dc.identifier.articleid 4247
dc.identifier.contextkey 4615732
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31274/etd-180810-3547
dc.identifier.s3bucket isulib-bepress-aws-west
dc.identifier.submissionpath etd/13240
dc.identifier.uri https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/27429
dc.language.iso en
dc.source.bitstream archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13240/Kleiman_iastate_0097M_13570.pdf|||Fri Jan 14 19:47:59 UTC 2022
dc.subject.disciplines Sociology
dc.subject.keywords Civic agriculture
dc.subject.keywords Food system coordination
dc.subject.keywords Food system localization
dc.subject.keywords Local food system
dc.subject.keywords Warrior
dc.subject.keywords builder
dc.subject.keywords weaver
dc.title Civic agriculture and leadership: Builders and weavers in Iowa's regional food systems
dc.type article
dc.type.genre thesis
dspace.entity.type Publication
relation.isOrgUnitOfPublication 84d83d09-42ff-424d-80f2-a35244368443
thesis.degree.discipline Sustainable Agriculture
thesis.degree.level thesis
thesis.degree.name Master of Science
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