Creating a Tradition That We Never Had: Local Food and Local Knowledge in the Northeast of Germany

This chapter describes the role played by knowledge in the reconstruction of local food systems are explored using the Isle of Skye in Scotland as a case study. It examines the ways in which producers and consumers have reconstructed their knowledge of local food. The chapter explores the emergence of a local food system on the Isle of Skye, using the Skye and Lochalsh Horticultural Development Association (SLHDA) as a case study. It also explores the roles of different forms of knowledge in the development of the SLHDA, and introduces some of the key elements of the emerging local food system on the island. Goodman has suggested that this distinction is reflected in a difference in alternative food politics between Europe and North America, with the reformist product and place approach prevalent in Europe, and the more radical and politically-motivated process and place approach dominant in the US and Canada.