Building Alternatives from the Bottom-up: The Case of Alternative Food Networks

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• 作者：Filippo Barbera ; Joselle Dagnes ; ^{joselle.dagnes@unito.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Alternative Agri-Food Networks ; Food Quality ; Sustainability ; Quality Conventions ; Zero-Mile Food.
• 刊名：Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：Complete
• 页码：324-331
• 全文大小：140 K

文摘

Alternative food networks (AFNs) are a comprehensive body of practices related to food provisioning which are different from the mainstream food systems. In this paper we deepen this topic from a sociological standpoint, focusing on a wide range of AFNs located in the Piemonte region of Italy. We articulate our analytical and empirical study focusing on three central concepts: 1) accessibility, which refers both to the point of sales to the agri-food goods; 2) sustainability, both from the environmental and the economic perspective; 3) quality, conceived as a contested field within which forms of coordination between actors can emerge.