‘Rescaling’ alternative food systems: from food security to food sovereignty

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navé Wald ◽  
Douglas P. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Systems

scholarly journals Alternative Agri-Food Systems Under a Market Agencements Approach: The Case of Multifunctional Farming Activity in a Peri-Urban Area

Environments ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Maria Cecilia Mancini ◽  
Filippo Arfini ◽  
Federico Antonioli ◽  
Marianna Guareschi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Alternative Food Systems ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Trade Offs

(1) Background: A large body of literature is available on the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of alternative food systems, but not much of it is devoted to the dynamics underlying their design and implementation, more specifically the processes that make an alternative food system successful or not in terms of its sustainability aims. This gap seems to be particularly critical in studies concerning alternative food systems in urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA). This paper explores how the design and implementation of multifunctional farming activity in a peri-urban area surrounding the city of Reggio Emilia in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy impact the achievement of its sustainability aims. (2) Methods: The environmental, social, and economic components of this project are explored in light of the sociology of market agencements. This method brings up the motivations of the human entities involved in the project, the role played by nonhuman entities, and the technical devices used for the fulfillment of the project’s aims. (3) Results: The alternative food system under study lacked a robust design phase and a shared definition of the project aims among all the stakeholders involved. This ended in a substantial mismatch between project aims and consumer expectations. (4) Conclusions: When a comprehensive design stage is neglected, the threefold aim concerning sustainability might not be achievable. In particular, the design of alternative food systems must take into account the social environment where it is intended to be put in place, especially in UPA, where consumers often live in suburban neighborhoods wherein the sense of community is not strong, thus preventing them from getting involved in a community-based project. In such cases, hybridization can play a role in the sustainability of alternative food networks, provided that some trade-offs occur among the different components of sustainability—some components of sustainability will be fully achieved, while others will not.

scholarly journals Nonhuman Animal Rights, Alternative Food Systems, and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

PhaenEx ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey Lee Wrenn
Keyword(s):  
Animal Rights ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Nonhuman Animal ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Alternative Food Systems ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Alternative Systems ◽  
Nonhuman Animals

Alternative food systems (namely the humane product movement) have arisen to address societal concerns with the treatment of Nonhuman Animals in food production. This paper presents an abolitionist Nonhuman Animal rights approach (Francione, 1996) and critiques these alternative systems as problematic in regards to goals of considering the rights or welfare of Nonhuman Animals. It is proposed that the trend in social movement professionalization within the structure of a non-profit industrial complex will ultimately favor compromises like “humane” products over more radical abolitionist solutions to the detriment of Nonhuman Animals. This paper also discusses potential compromises for alternative food systems that acknowledge equal consideration for Nonhuman Animals, focusing on grassroots veganism as a necessary component for consistency and effectiveness.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Hope Alkon ◽  
Julie Guthman
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
Alternative Food Systems ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
To Come ◽  
Economic Inequalities

This chapter argues that food activists need to look beyond the politics of their plates to engage with broader questions of racial and economic inequalities, strategy and political transformation. It grounds the examples that follow in two ongoing scholarly debates. The first regards the role of inequalities, particularly of race and class, in shaping past and present industrial and alternative food systems. The second looks to strategies and tactics. While some have argued that the provision of relatively apolitical alternatives to industrial food systems lays the groundwork for transformative change, the editors of this volume urge activists to follow those profiled in this book towards more cooperative, oppositional and collective strategic choices. The introduction ends with an overview of the chapters to come.

scholarly journals Citizenship and Consumption: Mobilisation in Alternative Food Systems in France

2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Dubuisson-Quellier ◽  
Claire Lamine ◽  
Ronan Le Velly
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Systems

Stacking Beliefs and Participation in Alternative Food Systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurel Valchuis ◽  
David S. Conner ◽  
Linda Berlin ◽  
Qingbin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Systems

scholarly journals Toward Alternative Food Systems Development: Exploring Limitations and Research Opportunities

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cayla Albrecht ◽  
Rylea Johnson ◽  
Steffi Hamann ◽  
Lauren Sneyd ◽  
Lisa Ohberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Systems ◽  
Research Opportunities

scholarly journals Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Foodways in the Andes of Peru

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-110
Author(s):  
Mariaelena Anali Huambachano
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Oral History Interviews

This article explores the Quechua peoples’ food systems as seen through a traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) lens and reflects on the vital role of Indigenous peoples’ knowledge for global food security. Data was collected from two Quechua communities, Choquecancha and Rosaspata, in the highlands of Peru, from March 2016 to August 2018. This data was collected via participatory action research, talking circles with femalefarmers, oral history interviews with elders, and Indigenous gatherings at chacras with community leaders and local agroecologists. Analysis of this data suggests that Quechua people’s in-depth and locally rooted knowledge concerning food security provides an Indigenous-based theoretical model of food sovereignty for the revitalization of Indigenous foodways and collective rights to food rooted in often under-recognisedaspects of their Indigeneity and TEK.

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