Livestock farming and the environmentally friendly management of Alpine pastures represent a traditional form of mountain farming. Grazing and the maintenance of pastures and the Alps are publicly subsidised in recognition of the ecological importance of the activities and because the costs are...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Photographs, Figures and Tables -- Foreword - Pam Warhurst -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: The State We're In -- 1. All Change -- 2. Coming Out -- 3. Moving On -- Part II: Society -- 4. Trade -- 5. Labour -- 6. Land -- Part III: Farm and Food Science...