by Luca Colombo | Dec 16, 2015 | in scientific journals
Some promote “high tech” solutions designed to boost yield while others prefer local food systems. To better understand these debates, a scientific article explores four perspectives from the literature: (1) technology to increase food production; (2) equitable food...
by Gianluca Brunori | Sep 28, 2014 | in scientific journals
Food policy, Volume 49, Part 1, December 2014, Pages 151–159 What are the costs of increased food system localization in the case of a fresh vegetable product? When production is reallocated across space and seasons, how do supply chain costs and consumer prices...
by Gianluca Brunori | Sep 4, 2014 | in scientific journals
Hayo M.G van der Werf, , Jean Petit http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880901003541 This paper compares and analyses 12 indicator-based approaches to assessing environmental impact at the farm level, in order to propose a set of guidelines for the...
by Gianluca Brunori | Aug 28, 2014 | in scientific journals
The notion of a “third food regime” implies simultaneous processes of further global concentration and integration and at the same time resistance through new emerging producer–consumer relations. This paper examines these processes by looking at Austria over the last...
by dreamup | May 31, 2014 | in scientific journals
Policy makers rarely feature in research into alternative and local food systems (ALFS), yet are often regarded as central actors in supporting such local food systems, sometimes as part of wider rural development strategies. Furthermore, what ‘local’ actually means...
by dreamup | May 23, 2014 | in scientific journals
Localized food systems (LFS) are an important element of regional development, yet understanding why some regions develop strong LFS while others do not is unclear. Research from two contrasting regions, in the UK and in Italy, demonstrates the complexity of LFS, and...
