The civic agriculture perspective, however, favors smaller, wellintegrated fi rms/farms cooperating with each other in order to meet
the food needs of consumers in local (and global) markets. The ideal
form is the production district, similar to the industrial district notion
mentioned earlier (Piore and Sabel 1984). Producers share information
and combine forces to market their products. The state supports these
economic ventures by ensuring that all fi rms have access to the same
resources such as information, labor, and infrastructure.