How organic food systems support sustainability of diets.

2019 ◽  
pp. 232-239
Author(s):  
J. Kahl ◽  
C. Strassner ◽  
S. B�gel ◽  
D. Lairon ◽  
F. Paoletti
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Organic Food

scholarly journals Role of Public Organic Procurement Policies (POPP’s) in the implementation of organic food and farming strategies:

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Bent Egberg Mikkelsen ◽  
Martin Lundø
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring System ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Policy Mix ◽  
The Public

Targeting public procurement policies has become an important goal for European policy makers since it is believed to contribute to more sustainable food systems and food consumption patterns. Food purchased by the public for institutions such as hospitals, care homes, universities, prisons, schools, armed forces and canteens represent a significant part of the food economy in European countries. As a result governments at different levels have adopted policies that promote organic food and farming in many countries. Since agencies and institutions of the public can be expected to be influential by setting good examples of food consumption, the food for the public plate has come to take a much more visible role in public service provision policymaking over the past decades. However, for such strategies to be effective the right policy mix is essential. This paper reports on the Danish case of Public Organic Procurement Policy (POPP’s) and its role in organic food and farming strategies. It gives a brief account on component of the policy mix including the setting up of a labelling system, a monitoring system for sales volumes and a foodservice workers training program. The paper examines the first results from the monitoring system and provides insight in the progress of POPP’s. It details the implementation and maintenance of the monitoring program and discusses the role of metrics in relation to other policy tools as well as the contribution that monitoring can make in terms of policy implementation.

scholarly journals Observing the observers: uncovering the role of values in research assessments of organic food systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Hvarregaard Thorsøe ◽  
Hugo F. Alrøe ◽  
Egon Noe
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Organic Food

scholarly journals The Organic Mindset: Insights from a Mixed Methods Grounded Theory (MM-GT) Study into Organic Food Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4724
Author(s):  
Sebastian Kretschmer ◽  
Bettina Langfeldt ◽  
Christian Herzig ◽  
Thomas Krikser
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Grounded Theory Research ◽  
Personal Norms ◽  
Guarantee System ◽  
Food And Agriculture

A broad understanding of food systems includes a complex web of activities, outcomes and drivers, encompassing not only the food and agriculture sectors, but also the social norms and cultures in which those activities are embedded. The organic food and farming movement has lately been portrayed as a food system of its own right, since it contains all necessary sub-systems, consisting of food environments, distribution networks, processing, as well as production and supply, all of which are bounded by an organic guarantee system. The underlying hypothesis of this investigation is that drivers in the organic food system operate on a paradigm level that is associated with the codified principles of ecology, health, fairness and care. Personality science suggests that the choice to act in pro-environmental ways is driven by an internalized sense of obligation or personal norms, which justifies our pursuit of seeking key drivers of food systems in the mindset of the actor. Through integrated findings from actor-centered mixed methods grounded theory research involving eleven case territories, this study identified a pattern of global mindset attributes that intuitively drive organic food system actors toward holistic human and sustainable development.

Redefining the Farmer-Processor Relationship: The Story of Organic Cow

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 358-392
Author(s):  
OLIVIA R. SAUCIER ◽  
ROBERT L. PARSONS ◽  
SHOSHANAH INWOOD
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Business Relationship ◽  
Dairy Farmers ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
Organic Milk ◽  
Core Group ◽  
Milk Processing ◽  
Organic Dairy

This article examines, from the viewpoint of a core group of Vermont milk producers, the period in the mid-1990s when organic dairy became mainstream. We look at the rise and subsequent takeover of one of the first organic milk-processing companies, The Organic Cow of Vermont, through the eyes of the farmers involved. In so doing, we provide needed perspective on the role of food producers working in industries subject to growth and consolidation. As producers of a commodity that grew out of the conventional system, organic dairy farmers faced unique choices that set them apart from other organic producers at that time. We demonstrate that the market for organic milk and dairy provided the opportunity for a new kind of farmer-processor relationship in which producers were supported through stable pay-prices and an intimate business relationship with processors. This article challenges the idea that the organic dairy industry was built by corporations trying to profit from booming consumer demand for organic foods and offers important contributions to debates surrounding the growth and conventionalization of organic food systems.

scholarly journals Innovations in Organic Food Systems for Sustainable Production and Ecosystem Services: An Introduction to the Special Issue of Sustainable Agriculture Research

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen B. Mallory ◽  
Niels Halberg ◽  
Lise Andreasen ◽  
Kathleen Delate ◽  
Mathieu Ngouajio
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Sustainable Production ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Systems ◽  
American Society

<p>Organic agriculture is one of the best developed multifunctional production strategies in agriculture, and yet is not widely understood in terms of its full potential for contributing to food security, economic development, and environmental health. This special edition of the journal Sustainable Agriculture Research explores the knowledge, innovations, potentials, and research needs that will strengthen the links between organic food systems, sustainable production, and enhanced ecosystem services. The following articles are from an international conference titled “Innovations in Organic Food Systems for Sustainable Production and Ecosystem Services,” held on 1-2 November 2014 in Long Beach, California. The conference was co-sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Co-operative Research Programme on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS), the United Stated Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA), and the American Society of Agronomy (ASA).</p>

scholarly journals The Diversity of Organic Box Schemes in Europe—An Exploratory Study in Four Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2734
Author(s):  
Susanne Kummer ◽  
Rebecka Milestad
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Delivery Modes ◽  
Box Scheme ◽  
Sustainability Transition ◽  
Survey Results

Box schemes provide an opportunity to scale up local organic food systems by aggregating products from multiple producers and efficiently delivering them to consumers. However, there is limited knowledge about the overall organic box scheme landscape and how it develops. This article explores organic box schemes in four European countries and thus contributes by comparing box schemes of different sizes in different geographical and organisational contexts. Survey results from 44 box schemes were used to analyse box schemes in relation to size and growth, organisation, communication with customers, delivery modes, distances travelled by produce and boxes, and values adhered to. Although the surveyed box schemes differed in size and organisation, similarities between box schemes were found in many aspects. For example, most surveyed box schemes had grown considerably since their start, and wished to grow further, and they all rated certain values as important. A tendency for larger box schemes to offer more imported produce, to have operated for a longer time, and to use social media for advertising more often was found. Despite the heterogeneity of the box schemes in the survey, we conclude that box schemes are a useful category to explore in the sustainability transition of food systems.

scholarly journals Three perspectives on motivation and multicriteria assessment of organic food systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeppe Læssøe ◽  
Anders Kruse Ljungdalh ◽  
Hugo F. Alrøe ◽  
Egon Noe ◽  
Tove Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Multicriteria Assessment

Purchasing organic food in US food systems

2007 ◽  
Vol 109 (5) ◽  
pp. 399-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin M. Onyango ◽  
William K. Hallman ◽  
Anne C. Bellows
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Organic Food

Why Supermarket Organic Matters

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Connor J. Fitzmaurice ◽  
Brian J. Gareau
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alternative Farming ◽  
Chemical Inputs ◽  
Relational Strategies ◽  
Radical Shift

In 2000, a radical shift occurred in the organic food system: the majority of organic food in the United States began to be sold in ordinary supermarkets. This chapter examines how the regulatory focus on chemical inputs facilitated the fragmentation and homogenization of organic farming, yielding a conventionalized organic industry capable of delivering food at a supermarket-sized scale. It also examines how these processes limit organic agriculture’s potential to represent a sustainable solution to the problems of modern food systems. This chapter begins with a discussion of what environmental, social, and economic sustainability in the food system would entail. It then examines the concentration of industrial influence in the organic sector in the wake of the federal organic standards, and looks critically at whether industrial organic practices can meet the challenges of sustainability. Finally, the chapter points to theories of bifurcation, which examine structural positions within capitalist agriculture that may offer spaces for alternative farming practices, particularly in places like New England. This chapter also notes, however, that such approaches focus on the political economy of agriculture, leaving the relational strategies alternative farmers use to take advantage of such structural holes unexplored.

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