Localizing Global Food: Short Food Supply Chains as Responses to Agri-Food System Challenges

ISBN-13: 9781138327368 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 200 str.

Agni Kalfagianni; Skordili Sophia

Opis

This book reviews recent initiatives on short food supply chains from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is aimed at advanced students in food studies, sociology, geography, planning, politics and environmental studies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part I Innovative Local Agrifood Governance  2. The Rise of Municipal Food Movements  3. Grassroots responsible innovation initiatives in SFSC  4. Food localization and agency: The Cases of Regionalwert AG and Luzernenhof in Freiburg, Germany  Part II Local Agrifood Systems  5. The long and the short of it: Motivations and realities for food hub actors in Ontario, Canada  6. "New" micro agrofood initiatives in crisis-hit Greece and beyond: a promising alternative or business as usual?  7. Synergies between Localized Agri-food Systems and Short Supply Chains for Geographical Indications in Italy  8. Re-embedding Greek Feta in localities: Cooperation of small dairies as a territorial development strategy  Part III Alternative Agrifood Market Channels  9. The fairness of alternative food retailers in the Netherlands  10. Social justice on the market place. The renewal of peri-urban open-air food markets around Montpellier, France  11. Protection of a 'place': Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Germany  12. Conclusions