1. Grassroots initiatives in food system transformation: the role of food movements in the second 'Great Transformation' Colin Sage, Cordula Kropp, and Irene Antoni-Komar PART I Transformative food movements 2. Women, agroecology and "real food" in Brazil: from national movement to local practice Isabelle Hillenkamp 3. Alternative food politics: the production of urban food spaces in Leipzig (Germany) and Nantes (France) Cordula Kropp and Clara Da Ros 4. Co-designing cities: urban gardening projects and the conflict between self-determination and administrative restrictions in German cities Andrea Baier and Christa Müller PART II Transformative food economies 5. Food cooperatives as diverse re-embedding forces: a multiple case study in Belgium Julien Vastenaekels and Je?ro?me Pelenc 6. Innovating locally for global transformation: intermediating fluid, agroecological solutions -- examples from France, the USA, Benin and South America Allison Marie Loconto 7. Cost effects of local food enterprises: supply chains, transaction costs and social diffusion Niko Paech, Carsten Sperling, and Marius Rommel PART III Transformative local networks 8. Transformative communities in Germany: working towards a sustainable food supply through creative doing and collaboration Irene Antoni-Komar and Christine Lenz 9. Context-specific notions and practices of 'solidarity' in food procurement networks in Lombardy (Italy) and Massachusetts (USA) Cristina Grasseni 10. Transformative governance and food practices for sustainability in and by ecovillages: a German case study Iris Kunze 11. An anthropological reflection on urban gardening through the lens of citizenship Robin Smith |