Since the 1960s, Indonesia has industrialised agriculture, following the model promoted by the global bio-tech research complex and development agencies. Alternative approaches favoured by local grassroots organisations and NGOs include solutions grounded in moral economic systems of communal solidarity, small-scale production, local knowledge and the localisation of distribution and consumption networks. To illustrate the viability of such alternatives, we explore new Indonesian farmers’ movements that seek to produce high-yield, high-quality low-cost food using ecologically responsible food production methods and ‘symbiotic cooperation’ strategies founded upon a moral economy ethos. Our case studies contribute to a model for a worldwide transition to socially and ecologically sustainable regional food systems.

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highquality lowcost moral economy moral economic systems of communal solidarity smallscale production local knowledge responsible food production methods symbiotic cooperation strategies consumption localisation of distribution regional food systems

Thomas Reuter,Graeme MacRae,.Regaining Lost Ground: A Social Movement for Sustainable Food Systems in Java, Indonesia. (),.

Thomas Reuter,Graeme MacRae,"Regaining Lost Ground: A Social Movement for Sustainable Food Systems in Java, Indonesia"

Thomas Reuter,Graeme MacRae,"Regaining Lost Ground: A Social Movement for Sustainable Food Systems in Java, Indonesia"