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The sustainability promise of alternative food networks: an examination through “alternative” characteristics [PDF]
Agriculture and Human Values, 2014 Concerns about the unsustainability of the conventional food system have brought attention to so called alternative food networks (AFNs), which are widely thought to be more sustainable. However, claims made about AFNs’ sustainability have been subject to a range of criticisms.
Lankoski Leena, Forssell Sini
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Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik +5 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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Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler +2 more
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AgricultureCommunity-supported agriculture (CSA) has emerged as a pivotal model for sustainable and humanistic agricultural practices, emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between food production, consumption, and sustainable ecosystems.
Xiaofan Tian +4 more
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Rethinking Food Supply Chains: Examining the Case for Alternative Food Networks [PDF]
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013 Focussing on the application of localism to improve the sustainable development of the food supply chain, this study examines the potential for achieving sustained competitive advantage in alternative food supply networks. Specifically, the study examines farmers’ markets; an alternative food network that has increased in popularity over the past ...
Cheng, Siu Yee, Moxham, Claire
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Structure‐forward targeting of claudins with synthetic binders
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Claudins form the paracellular barriers between epithelial and endothelial tissues at tight junctions and are targets for molecular binders with the goal of modulating barrier permeability. Claudin‐binding molecules are relevant in drug delivery or in altering claudin interactions with disease‐causing proteins.
Alex J. Vecchio
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Exploring the contribution of alternative food networks to food security. A comparative analysis [PDF]
Food Security, 2018 [EN] Food (in)security has become a challenge not only for developing economies but also for High Income Countries. In parallel, food scholars have actively investigated the contribution of alternative food networks (AFNs) to the development of more sustainable and just food systems, paying attention to drivers, initiatives and policies supporting the ...
Pedro Cerrada-Serra +5 more
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Epigenetic reprogramming of lineage switching in cancer
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Cancer cells rarely commit to a single identity. Epigenetic mechanisms and tumor microenvironment cues push epithelial cells toward flexible, hybrid states that can shift into mesenchymal, neuroendocrine, or stem‐like fates, driving metastasis, drug resistance, and tumor heterogeneity. Targeting the epigenetic regulators behind these transitions, using
Ezgi Boyvatlı +4 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsParticipatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) have emerged from initiatives introduced by farmers and civil society to ensure the organic quality of products by directly involving producers, consumers, and other stakeholders in the guarantee process. While actor
Greta Winkler +3 more
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