@article{Roman-Alcala_2012, place={Ithaca, NY, USA}, title={Sustainable Economies: A Question of Values}, volume={3}, url={https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/216}, DOI={10.5304/jafscd.2012.031.020}, abstractNote={<p><em>First paragraph:</em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black;">I work with my hands in the ground, as a farming educator in San Francisco, working to reskill communities with sustainable agricultural design tools that I believe will contribute to a more sus­tainable society, person by person. Specifically, my work is located in communities on the economic edge of society because I believe strongly that a “sustainable” food system must by nature be equitable. Throughout this work, while occupied with everyday concerns of running community food projects, I have remained concerned with how true, or global, sustainability might be achieved within a context of the current economic structure and its apparent commitment to endless growth. Due to my growing interest in the complex factors determining the success of projects like mine, I was excited to review John Ikerd’s <em>Essentials of Economic Sustainability</em> (<em>EES</em>). Knowing of Ikerd’s background in neoclassical agricultural economics and his conversion over time to a position more appropriate to an ecological economist, I figured he would have something valuable to offer regarding the prospects for transitioning to more sustainable economics....</span></p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development}, author={Roman-Alcala, Antonio}, year={2012}, month={Dec.}, pages={275–278} }