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Culture and the Politics of Alternative Food Networks
Food, Culture & Society, 2009AbstractMuch of the existing research on emerging alternative food networks has not sufficiently recognized the importance of culture and we seek to address this omission. Through two case studies of global and local forms of alternative food networks respectively, we demonstrate the centrality and complexity of the workings of culture in the places ...
Wendy Parkins, Geoffrey Craig
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Adult Learning in Alternative Food Networks
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2017This 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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Characterizing alternative food networks in China
Agriculture and Human Values, 2014Amid 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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Sociologia Ruralis, 2017
AbstractIn response to the failures of the dominant agro‐food regime multiple practices for transition towards more environmentally and socially sustainable food systems have been proposed and put into practice by Alternative Food Networks (AFNs). To advance societal transitions, some AFNs have employed a strategy of developing broader networks.
Duncan, J.A.B., Pascucci, Stefano
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AbstractIn response to the failures of the dominant agro‐food regime multiple practices for transition towards more environmentally and socially sustainable food systems have been proposed and put into practice by Alternative Food Networks (AFNs). To advance societal transitions, some AFNs have employed a strategy of developing broader networks.
Duncan, J.A.B., Pascucci, Stefano
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Fairness and Alternative Food Networks in Italy
2017A 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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Alternative Food Networks and Civic Food Initiatives in Turkey
2021This article handles Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) which have emerged approximately in the last fifteen years in Turkey and discusses Civic Food Initiatives (CFIs) in a historical manner in Turkey. For this, study reviews AFS literature and presents spatial pattern of CFIs in Turkey.
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Clean foods, motherhood and alternative food networks in contemporary Istanbul
Gender, Place & Culture, 2019Since the early 2000s, the numbers of alternative food networks (AFNs) in Istanbul have increased significantly.
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