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Alternative Food Networks in Quebec
Canadian Food Studies, 2017 This commentary reflects on a two-day conference, Réseaux alimentaires alternatifs au Québec. Perspectives comparatives, held in Montreal on May 12 & 13, 2016, during the 84th Congress of ACFAS (Association canadienne-française pour l’avancement des ...
Manon Boulianne, Patrick Mundler
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For food space: theorizing alternative food networks beyond alterity
Journal of Political Ecology, 2020 In response to calls by scholars to deepen theoretical engagement in research on Alternative Food Networks (AFNs), in this article we critically discuss and assess major theoretical approaches deployed in the study of AFNs.
Renata Blumberg +2 more
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The Interconnection between Ecology and Direct Democracy in Alternative Food Networks
Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2023 The literature of Alternative Food Networks has engaged with ecological practices as well as decision-making. Nevertheless, it usually approaches ecology and democracy in Alternative Food Networks separately or as a sum of good practices, thus neglecting
Eirini-Erifyli Tzekou, Giorgos Gritzas
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A review of supply chain quality management practices in sustainable food networks
Heliyon, 2023 Supply chain quality management practices are necessary to improve processes, meet consumer quality needs, and enhance supply chain quality management performance in sustainable food networks. Food supply chain quality management and associated practices
Patrick Robert Burgess +2 more
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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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Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Solidaria e Innovación Socioecológica, 2020 Alternative food network (AFN) cases are now reported in many countries worldwide. They are growing in Hungary as well, though the alternative food movement is still at an early stage of development (Benedek & Balázs, 2014a).
Anna Torok +4 more
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The Coexistence of Local and Global Food Supply Chains: The Lombardy Region Case Study
Agriculture, 2020 Over the last years, the trust of consumers in the quality and sustainability of the food system has weakened due to the disconnection between producers and consumers. Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) and Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs), born out of the
Chiara Mazzocchi +2 more
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Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales, 2022 This study examines how vendors, customers, and organizers socially construct agroecological farmers markets (FM) in Bogotá. Using a multi-method approach entailing structured and unstructured interviews, descriptive statistics, and ethnographic content
Malin Gütschow, Giuseppe Feola
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ALTERNATIVE FOOD NETWORKS AND NEW PRODUCER-CONSUMER RELATIONS IN FRANCE AND IN BRAZIL [PDF]
Ambiente & Sociedade, 2016 This paper presents an analysis about agroecological alternative food networks and new producer-consumer relationships in France and Brazil. The investigation method is based on descriptive and qualitative research about 20 cases (qualitative interviews),
MOACIR ROBERTO DAROLT +4 more
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Food waste in an alternative food network – A case-study
Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2019 This paper investigates food waste dynamics in a retail alternative food network (AFN). We provide a first contribution to assess food waste in an AFN in terms of 1) food waste levels, 2) food waste causes, and 3) food waste management practices (i.e. food waste reduction and handling).
Ana Poças Ribeiro +4 more
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