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

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Agni Kalfagianni (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands) Sophia Skordili

Localizing Global Food

Short Food Supply Chains as Responses to Agri-Food System Challenges

Agni Kalfagianni (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands), Sophia Skordili

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English

Routledge
20 November 2018

Food & society; Globalization; Agriculture & related industries; Sustainability; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment

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.

Edited by: Agni Kalfagianni (University of Utrecht The Netherlands), Sophia Skordili
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 612g
ISBN: 9781138327368
ISBN 10: 1138327360
Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 20 November 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Agni Kalfagianni is Associate Professor of Transnational Sustainability Governance, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Sophia Skordili is Professor of Industrial Geography, Department of Geography, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece.