scholarly journals Legal Instruments to Support Local Food Systems in Italian Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
Anna Kapała
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Local Food Systems ◽  
Farmers Markets ◽  
Direct Sales ◽  
Italian Law ◽  
Many Instruments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Final Consumer

AbstractThe purpose of the discussion is an attempt to determine in what forms, which meet the criteria of local food systems (LFS), it is possible under Italian law to sell agri-food products by the farmer who is their producer. These forms imply a direct sale, or with the participation of at most one intermediary, to the final consumer, in close geographical distance between the place of production and sale. The analysis showed that Italian legislator, national and regional, provides for many instruments that are crucial in creating LFS, such as direct sales of agri-food products, farmers’ markets reserved only for the local farmers; the sale of meals consisting of the farmer’s products at the agritourism; wine routes; regional designation “products from zero kilometres”, emphasizing the geographical proximity between the place of manufacture and the place of sale; as well as a support for the social initiatives such as Solidarity Purchasing Groups.

scholarly journals Sprzedaż wina w ramach lokalnych systemów żywnościowych na przykładzie prawa włoskiego

2020 ◽  
pp. 203-214
Author(s):  
Anna Kapała
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Local Food Systems ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Farmers Markets ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Special Instrument ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Italian Law

The purpose of the considerations is to determine in what forms under Italian law wine producers-farmers may sell wine directly to consumers it it meets the criteria of local food systems. In this respect, the regulations on direct sales, so-called “wine routes,” agro-tourism, and farmers’ markets, as well as the “agricultural products from zero kilometres” indications have been analysed. It has been established that Italian laws allow selling wine in all the forms of the short supply chains analysed in the study. Legal provisions in this respect govern farmers and the agricultural products they produce, both unprocessed and processed, including wine. What is more, there is a special instrument created to support the sale of wine in short supply chains – “wine routes” while the Law on Agritourism explicitly allows the serving of wine produced on a given farm. All these represent a form of implementing the idea of local food systems where the conditions such as close proximity between the place of production and the place of sale, direct or close social relationship between the producer and the consumer, the lack of intermediaries or the participation of only one intermediary, are satisfied.

scholarly journals Growing pains in local food systems: a longitudinal social network analysis on local food marketing in Baltimore County, Maryland and Chester County, Pennsylvania

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Brinkley ◽  
Gwyneth M. Manser ◽  
Sasha Pesci
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Local Food Systems ◽  
Farmers Markets ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Baltimore County ◽  
Chester County

AbstractLocal food systems are growing, and little is known about how the constellation of farms and markets change over time. We trace the evolution of two local food systems (Baltimore County, Maryland and Chester County, Pennsylvania) over six years, including a dataset of over 2690 market connections (edges) between 1520 locations (nodes). Longitudinal social network analysis reveals how the architecture, actor network centrality, magnitude, and spatiality of these supply chains shifted during the 2012–2018 time period. Our findings demonstrate that, despite growth in the number of farmers’ markets, grocery stores, farms and restaurants in both counties, each local food system also experienced high turnover rates. Over 80% of the market connections changed during the study period. Farms, farmers’ markets, and grocery stores showed a 40–50% ‘survival’ rate, indicating their role in sustaining local food systems over longer time periods. Other actors, such as restaurants, had a much higher turnover rate within the network. Both food systems became more close-knit and consolidated as the center of gravity for both local food systems pulled away from urban areas toward rural farmland. Evidence of both growth and decay within local food systems provides a new understanding of the social networks behind local food markets.

scholarly journals DIRECT SALE AS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS OF LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS. THE SPATIAL CONCENTRATION OF DIRECT SALE ENTITIES IN POLAND

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ola Bareja-Wawryszuk ◽  
Tomasz Pajewski
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Local Food Systems ◽  
Spatial Concentration ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Direct Selling ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Clustering Patterns

Direct selling is one of the most common local activities in the agri-food sector. Contemporary trends in the production and consumption of food indicate a duality of food systems, in which the concept of industrialization of the agri-food sector is simultaneously developing together with a concept of local food systems. In this article, it was noticed that the direct sale of agri-food products is in a line with the contemporary trends in the agri-food sector, and that it is important to analyze its spatial patterns. Taking into account the spatial concentration of direct selling entities, it has been proved that their distribution is random and does not show clustering patterns.

The social construction of illegality within local food systems

2018 ◽  
pp. 43-58
Author(s):  
Marcello De Rosa ◽  
Ferro Trabalzi ◽  
Tiziana Pagnani
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Local Food Systems ◽  
The Social

Niagara region farmers' markets: local food systems and sustainability considerations

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Feagan ◽  
David Morris ◽  
Karen Krug
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Local Food Systems ◽  
Farmers Markets
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