As the colloquial name for cut flowers as “blood flowers” implies, the outsourced production of “blood flowers” is plagued by negative externalities, including child labor, health risks, soil and water pollution, sexual exploitation of women, and unfair distribution of water resources...

Neun Beiträge, verfasst von Autorinnen und Autoren ganz unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen, untersuchen den Fairen Handel und seine Alternativen als kulturelles Phänomen, analysieren seine Wertschöpfungsketten und diskutieren seine sozialen, ökonomischen und umweltrelevanten Auswirkungen...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One: Tastes, Traditions, and Trade, 1870-1970 -- Two: Favored Flowers: Growers and Traders, 1870-1970 -- Three: Fresh Flows: Global Flower Growing, 1970-2005 -- Four: State and Structure: Floriculture in a Global System -- Five: Cultivating...