Alternative Food Networks

TL;DR: In this article, a food and drink waste case study of strategies to introduce reusable coffee cups in UK coffee shops and food retail chains is examined to exemplify relations between problematisation and responsibilisation.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors present an approach for the development of an SIA framework for different short food supply chains (SFSC) types, and a practical application of the tool in four metropolitan regions (Berlin, London, Ljubljana and Nairobi) is tested.

TL;DR: In this paper, a sociological analysis of the agri-food system that feeds most of the over four and a half million residents of the fast-growing city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a literature review on the short food supply chain is presented, interpreted as a concrete example of sustainability, in which various economic, social and environmental topics are linked in a way that interprets the shortfood supply chain as a new form of dynamism in the market for agricultural goods.

TL;DR: In this paper, a typology of four transition pathways: transformation, reconfiguration, technological substitution, and de-alignment and re-alignments is presented, which differ in combinations of timing and nature of multi-level interactions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the development and incidence of alternative food networks within a European-wide context by developing a consistent definition of short food supply chains, and then examine empirical evidence concerning their incidence and rural development impact across seven EU member states.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors integrate and synthesize the findings of published research on organic food consumption and identify several themes that reflect the various rationales used by consumers when deciding to purchase organic food.

TL;DR: In this article, the opportunities presented by grassroots innovation are discussed, as are the challenges confronting activity at this level, and a new agenda for community-level sustainable development research and policy.