Alternative Food Networks

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on how public policy can leverage state investment in public markets to reduce or overcome the capitalist consumer paradox in short food chains and explained how type of consumption and policy regime effect food access.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the evolution of a new Urban Food Strategy in a middle-sized Italian town, Trento, and drew upon a multi-method qualitative approach combining in-depth interviews, document analysis, and direct observations of the construction process of an Urban food Strategy for the city of Trento.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used an Experience-Centred design approach to gain a holistic understanding of the experiences of refugee food insecurity and how refugees envision technologies can support them, and found that a multitude of technologies may be designed to enhance the aforementioned experiences and enable refugees to better cope with food insecurity.

TL;DR: Corsi and Novelli as discussed by the authors discuss consumers' motivations for participating in AFNs and present the results of three empirical investigations assessing and quantifying the strength of consumers' commitment to the AFNs.

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.