Alternative Food Networks

TL;DR: In this paper, a food governmentality framework is presented, which conceptualises food citizenship as identity formation in relation to various modes of power that govern food systems and subjects in significantly different ways.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how AFNs, in different ways that are context dependent, are providing a variety of alternatives to the mainstream food system, and suggest that alterity across spatial contexts points to a (hyper) generalised typology that may have interesting implications f or future research.

TL;DR: • Local Food Systems are not always homogeneous places in which agents have similar interests and values as discussed by the authors, and local food systems may not always be homogenous places in the sense that agents tend to have similar values and interests.

TL;DR: Unfolding sustainability transitions in food systems: Insights from UK and French trajectories. The article explores the challenges faced in addressing the environmental, social and health impacts of the current food system and suggests new conceptual tools for understanding and assessing sustainability transitions.

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.