Localizing global food: short food supply chains as responses to agri-food system challenges

Short food supply chains (SFSCs) rely primarily on local production and processing practices for the provision of food and are, in principle, more sustainable in social, economic and environmental terms than supply chains where production and consumption are widely separated. This book reviews and a...

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Weitere Verfasser: Kalfagianni, Agni (HerausgeberIn), Skordili, Sophia (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2019
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in food, society and the environment
Routledge studies in food, society and environment
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Zusammenfassung:Short food supply chains (SFSCs) rely primarily on local production and processing practices for the provision of food and are, in principle, more sustainable in social, economic and environmental terms than supply chains where production and consumption are widely separated. This book reviews and assesses recent initiatives on this topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. In theoretical terms it draws on and advances two key concepts, namely, place (particularly embeddedness in local economic networks and communities) and governance (particularly in addressing sustainability concerns in an inclusive and socially just manner). Empirically, the book examines a diverse set of SFSCs such as small-scale entrepreneurship, farmers' markets, community supported agriculture and grassroots and solidarity networks. The main examples discussed are from Europe and North America, but the issues are applicable in a global context. The book is of interest to advanced students, researchers and professionals in food studies, sociology, geography, planning, politics and environmental studies
Beschreibung:Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource viewed on 10th December 2018
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages illustrations)
ISBN:0429449283
9780429449284
9780429830228
042983022X
9780429830204
0429830203
9780429830211
0429830211

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