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Alternative Food Networks and the Socialization of Food
Économie des conventions, 2021 The Alternative Food Networks’ (AFN) conceptual framework appeared in the context of the internationalization of food provision systems, and of the so-called quality turn, to distinguish food networks connecting territories, products, and people, which claim to be alternatives to conventional food systems, or alternatives to dominant food supply chains.
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Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016 First paragraphs: After 40-plus years of visioning and planning, are the basic tenets of the food movements, such as reconfiguration of capitalist society, relocalization, social justice, and sustainability, still credible?
Rachael Kennedy
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 Labor conditions and rights are a key justice issue in agri-food systems, particularly in global, capitalized and industrialized food supply chains. While alternative food networks have emerged to produce and distribute food outside these logics, their ...
Sébastien Boillat +7 more
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DINING ON RECIPROCITY IN LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS: TOWARDS A MORAL ECONOMY OF FOODS
Journal of Asian Rural Studies, 2018 China has witnessed a growing number of social and environmental challenges, which remain obstacles for its rural vitalization. At the core of the discussion on sustainable agriculture and rural development lies the development of sustainable food ...
Li Zhao
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Agriculture, 2021 While food production and consumption processes worldwide are characterized by geographical and social distance, alternative food networks aim to reconnect producers and consumers.
Christina Gugerell +5 more
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Alternative Food Networks Development and Multiple Actors’ Participation in China: A Review
International Journal of Agriculture System, 2016 This article reviews the studies about the alternative food network development in China, summarizes the results and identifies the issues for further research. It first introduces different theoretical perspectives in alternative food network studies in
Huan Yang
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Alternative food networks as a counterbalance in the globalized perception of young consumers [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2020 The phenomenon of alternative food networks is becoming increasingly important, especially in the context of changes in consumer behavior and business sustainability.
Navrátilová Miroslava +3 more
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Alternative = transformative? Investigating drivers of transformation in alternative food networks in Germany [PDF]
Sociologia Ruralis, 2021 AbstractIn the hope for more sustainable agriculture and a stronger connection to their food, an increasing number of consumers participate in alternative food networks (AFNs) characterised by short food supply chains. However, it cannot be assumed that AFNs inherently transform the prevailing system and its respective practices around food.
Felix Zoll +2 more
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Are Solidarity Purchasing Groups a Social Innovation? A Study Inspired by Social Forces
Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2018 The Social Forces theory was proposed by Beckert (2010) to study the interconnecting dynamic interrelations between institutions, networks and cognitive frames that underlie economic phenomena. In the context of this article, this theoretical perspective
Lara Maestripieri
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Organizational Models of Alternative Food Networks within the Rural–Urban Interface
Administrative Sciences, 2023 Alternative food networks (AFNs) represent local food systems and short supply chain networks alternative to global food systems. These networks are often developed within rural–urban interfaces and take various forms, due to the high propensity towards ...
Lucia Laginová +2 more
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