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Characterizing alternative food networks in China

Agriculture and Human Values, 2014
Amid the many food safety scandals that have erupted in recent years, Chinese food activists and consumers are turning to the creation of alternative food networks (AFNs) to ensure better control over their food. These Chinese AFNs have not been documented in the growing literature on food studies.
Zhenzhong Si   +2 more
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Adult Learning in Alternative Food Networks

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
This chapter describes the role small‐scale organic farmers are playing as adult educators in alternative food networks and as leaders for food systems transformation. Findings are drawn from a survey of organic farmers in British Columbia, Western Canada.
Catherine Etmanski   +1 more
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How to avoid the tragedy of alternative food networks (AFNs)? The impact of social capital and transparency on AFN performance

, 2020
Alternative food networks (AFNs) have recently emerged in the food landscape as new ways of food production, distribution and consumption which are alternatives to the traditional food system.
Paola De Bernardi   +3 more
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Socio-political dynamics of alternative food networks: a hybrid governance approach

Territory, Politics, Governance, 2020
Alternative food networks (AFNs) encounter governance challenges stemming from their own organizational growth pains and their search for cultivable land, but also from their confrontation with urban planning policy and state structures whose affinity ...
Alessandra Manganelli   +2 more
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Alternative food networks: good practices for sustainable performance

Journal of Marketing Management, 2020
New alternative forms of distribution and consumption are emerging in the food sector in response to the deficiencies of current market practices. The increase in alternative food networks, short chains and direct selling has led to the emergence of new ...
Myriam Kessari   +3 more
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Beyond Alternative Food Networks

2013
Food activism is core to the contemporary study of food - there are numerous foodscapes which exist within the umbrella definition of food activism from farmer's markets, organic food movements to Fair Trade. This highly original book focuses on one key emerging foodscape dominating the Italian alternative food network (AFN) scene: GAS (gruppi di ...
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Engagement and subjective well‐being in alternative food networks: The case of Hungary

, 2020
An alternative food network (AFN) is a comprehensive concept that aims to capture new and socially innovative networks of consumers and producers in short supply chains. The objective of this study is to understand the relationship of users to AFNs using
Ágnes Neulinger   +6 more
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: Evolution of alternative food networks in an old industrial region of Czechia

, 2020
The main aim of the article is to present a regional analysis of alternative food networks (AFNs) in the old industrial Moravia-Silesian Region in Czechia accompanied by an assessment of their extent, the basic characteristics of their constituents and ...
V. Hruška   +3 more
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Fairness and Alternative Food Networks in Italy

2017
A fairer and sustainable distribution of added value and information along the food supply chain is becoming a relevant issue. Extensive literature has analyzed the development of distributions models, commonly called Alternative Food Networks (AFNs), that short-circuit the long, complex and rationally organized industrial chain, emphasizing their ...
MARIANI, Angela, VASTOLA A. P.
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