Return to the land. De-commodification of local foods in south Italy

The paper will explore processes of de-commodification of specific local foods in South Italy. The aim is to offer both conceptual and empirical reflections on the topic. On one side, the attempt will be to show the centrality of the notion of ‘labour’ in theoretically understanding the perspective of de-commodification. On the other side, empirical support will be given trough the presentation of a case study in South Italy, from which it clearly emerges that these processes are induced by a return to the land.