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Creating value(s) by integrating local and extra-local resources in cereal production in the Swiss Alps [PDF]
, 2020 This paper explores the long-term prospect of alternative, local food initiatives, taking a particular interest in the development of the embedded local values, understood as economic as well as cultural values.
Moschitz, Heidrun, Oehen, Bernadette
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Optimising economic, environmental, and social objectives: a goal-programming approach in the food sector [PDF]
, 2010 The business-decision environment is increasingly complicated by the emergence of competing economic, environmental, and social goals, a notion typified by the current pressures of global economic instability and climate-change targets.
Oglethorpe, David
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsIntroductionThis study sheds light on the challenges faced by women in alternative food networks (AFNs) applying organic farming in Berlin Brandenburg. They engage in AFNs as producers, consumers, and prosumers (producer-consumers).
Faiza Darkhani
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Greater than the sum of the parts? unpacking ethics of care within a community supported agriculture scheme [PDF]
, 2013 Book synopsis: Reconnecting so-called alternative food geographies back to the mainstream food system - especially in light of the discursive and material 'transgressions' currently happening between alternative and conventional food networks, this ...
Cox, Rosie +4 more
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Alternative Food Networks. An Interdisciplinary Assessment
Économie des conventions, 2018 This book discusses what the main determinants of the participation of operators – both consumers and producers – in AFNs are, what the conditions for their sustainability are, what their social and environmental effects are, and how they are distributed geographically.
Alessandro Corsi +3 more
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The various face(t)s of urban agriculture: evidence from secondary towns in Ethiopia
International Journal of Agricultural SustainabilityUrban agriculture (UA) is often proposed as a solution to feed cities sustainably and nutritiously. Yet, research on secondary towns is limited, despite their central role in Africa's urbanization, and studies on the entire supply chain are scarce.
Amare Molla Dinku +1 more
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Agriculture, 2016 Biocultural heritage-based products, including regional specialty foods, are increasingly part of sustainable rural development strategies. While export-oriented biocultural products are often the most visible, we examine the role of campesino ...
Katherine L. Turner +3 more
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The characterisation of the Danish e-business - Aarstiderne as an alternative food network: A case study [PDF]
, 2006 The object of this case study is Aarstiderne, a Danish organic food company delivering 30,000 boxes per week. The study aims to characterise this company within the context of alternative food chains, using specific environmental, economic and social ...
Alix, Sébastien +3 more
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Le reti alternative del cibo dopo la crisi. Teoria, ipotesi di lavoro e un caso studio esplorativo
Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo, 2018 This article asks how Italian alternative food networks have changed after the global economic crisis of 2008. The article analyzes the phenomenon in question through the use of two bodies of literature, the anthropology of value (deployed in the ...
Giovanni Orlando
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Energy from waste and the food processing industry [PDF]
, 2012 The provision of a secure, continuous energy supply is becoming an issue for all sectors of society and the foodprocessingindustry as a major energy user must address these issues.
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