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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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The division of work in Senegalese conventional and alternative food networks: a contributive justice perspective

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, Sébastien Boillat, Sébastien Boillat, Patrick Bottazzi, Patrick Bottazzi, Ibrahima Khalil Sabaly, Ibrahima Khalil Sabaly, Ibrahima Khalil Sabaly   +7 more
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Alternative food shoppers and the “quantity dilemma”: a study on the determinants of their purchases at alternative markets

Agricultural and Food Economics, 2020
Despite the increasing interest around alternative food networks and their huge growth in the last decades, they are still considered a complementary source of provision by most customers.
Clara Cicatiello
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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, Michal Hrivnák, Jana Jarábková   +2 more
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Know the Farmer That Feeds You: A Cross-Country Analysis of Spatial-Relational Proximities and the Attractiveness of Community Supported Agriculture

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, Takeshi Sato, Christine Hvitsand, Daichi Toriyama, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Marianne Penker   +5 more
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ALTERNATIVE FOOD NETWORKS IN SELECTED COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE [PDF]

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists
Consumers’ increasingly negative perceptions of industrially produced food, together with the difficulties faced by smaller farms and processors in maintaining market viability, have contributed to growing interest in short food supply chains and the ...
Benedykt Pepliński
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LE ALTERNATIVE FOOD NETWORKS IN TEMPO DI CRISI

Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, 2019
The ongoing economic crisis and the growing concerns about food quality and safety are leading to an increasing awareness of consumption habits among citizens. Critical consumption is defining an alternative geography of food.
Simon Maurano, Francesca Forno
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Communication and building social capital in community supported agriculture

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2022
Community supported agriculture (CSA) schemes (programs) provide an alternative means for ob­taining produce, through direct purchase from farms. They are also often driven by a vision of transforming the current mainstream food system and seek to build
Ella Furness, Angelina Sanderson Bellamy, Adrian Clear, Samantha Mitchell Finnigan, J. Elliot Meador, Susanna Mills, Alice Milne, Ryan Sharp   +7 more
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Territorial Social Innovation and Alternative Food Networks: The Case of a New Farmers’ Cooperative on the Island of Ibiza (Spain)

Agriculture, 2022
Social innovation is gaining attention as a perspective that stresses the relevance of transforming social relations to promote sustainable territorial development.
Néstor Vercher
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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, Abrhám Josef, Beranová Markéta, Brož David   +3 more
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