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The Small World of the Alternative Food Network [PDF]
Sustainability, 2018 This research offers the first use of graph theory mathematics in social network analysis to explore relationships built through an alternative food network. The local food system is visualized using geo-social data from 110 farms and 224 markets around Baltimore County, Maryland, with 699 connections between them.
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The sustainability promise of alternative food networks: an examination through “alternative” characteristics [PDF]
Agriculture and Human Values, 2014 Concerns about the unsustainability of the conventional food system have brought attention to so called alternative food networks (AFNs), which are widely thought to be more sustainable. However, claims made about AFNs’ sustainability have been subject to a range of criticisms.
Lankoski Leena, Forssell Sini
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The physical dimensions and shape of bacterial cells define the surface area available to acquire nutrients and the volume available for synthesizing proteins and DNA. Here, we use computational systems biology to decode the importance of cell geometry as a major determinant of prokaryotic phenotype, including growth rate and metabolic efficiency. This
Ross P. Carlson +6 more
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Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community DevelopmentFood systems are increasingly complex and face threats from interconnected shocks with cascading effects. There is a need for strategies that increase food system resilience, including food hubs—a type of alternative food network that aims to enhance ...
Lindsay Harris +2 more
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Agriculture & Food Security, 2017 Background Fisheries have played a significant role in the economic development of Newfoundland and Labrador and continue to contribute to coastal livelihoods and local food security.
Chloé Poitevin DesRivières +2 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Proteostasis and the gut microbiota play a key role in shaping host physiology. Microbiota‐derived metabolites, vitamins, and RNA modulate host proteostasis. Findings from model systems, including C. elegans, indicate microbes can either stabilize or disrupt host proteostasis.
Abhishek Anil Dubey, Maria Ermolaeva
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Rethinking Food Supply Chains: Examining the Case for Alternative Food Networks [PDF]
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013 Focussing on the application of localism to improve the sustainable development of the food supply chain, this study examines the potential for achieving sustained competitive advantage in alternative food supply networks. Specifically, the study examines farmers’ markets; an alternative food network that has increased in popularity over the past ...
Cheng, Siu Yee, Moxham, Claire
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From mice to humans—divergent strategies for intestinal homeostasis and regeneration
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Recent advances such as organoid genome editing, xenotransplantation, imaging, and whole‐genome sequencing have enabled direct studies of human intestinal stem cells (ISCs). These studies reveal species‐specific features, including slower ISC proliferation, distinct injury responses, slower somatic mutation accumulation in humans, and an inverse ...
Keiko Ishikawa +2 more
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Barataria, 2020 This essay aims to investigate the development of the organic agriculture movement and the evolution over time of its movement and consumer culture. The analysis is especially focused on the most recent evolution of the sector in the Italian context ...
Stefano Spillare
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Exploring the contribution of alternative food networks to food security. A comparative analysis [PDF]
Food Security, 2018 [EN] Food (in)security has become a challenge not only for developing economies but also for High Income Countries. In parallel, food scholars have actively investigated the contribution of alternative food networks (AFNs) to the development of more sustainable and just food systems, paying attention to drivers, initiatives and policies supporting the ...
Pedro Cerrada-Serra +5 more
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