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Alternative = transformative? Investigating drivers of transformation in alternative food networks in Germany [PDF]
Sociologia Ruralis, 2021 AbstractIn the hope for more sustainable agriculture and a stronger connection to their food, an increasing number of consumers participate in alternative food networks (AFNs) characterised by short food supply chains. However, it cannot be assumed that AFNs inherently transform the prevailing system and its respective practices around food.
Felix Zoll +2 more
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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 +2 more
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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 +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 EconomistsConsumers’ 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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Values-based territorial food networks. Qualifying sustainable and ethical transitions of alternative food networks. [PDF]
, 2022 peer reviewedThis comparative literature review of local food systems, short food supply chains, and civic food networks, subsumed under alternative food networks (AFN), suggests converging them into the novel umbrella-term values-based territorial food
RECKINGER, Rachel
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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 +7 more
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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 +3 more
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