Alternative Food Networks For Sustainable Just Resilient And Productive Food Systems
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Alternative Food Networks For Sustainable Just Resilient And Productive Food Systems
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Author : José Luis Vicente-Vicente
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2024-10-01
Alternative Food Networks For Sustainable Just Resilient And Productive Food Systems written by José Luis Vicente-Vicente and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
There is growing evidence that the current globalised agri-food system is neither sustainable nor resilient. It is responsible for around one third of the global GHG emissions and is a major driver of biodiversity loss. Furthermore, its structure and distribution mode do not provide food security for all and foster socio-economic inequalities between different parts of the planet. Consequently, an increasing number of scientists and members of the civil society are demanding a radical transformation of agri-food systems. The creation of alternative food networks (AFNs) represent a possible first step towards agri-food system transformation. AFNs can incorporate local, indigenous and innovative knowledge and bring together a diversity of actors to connect food production and consumption and create new practices and relationships around food. The creation of AFNs, and ultimately of Alternative Food Systems (AFS), should involve different actors, from farmers to social movements, from policymakers to scientists. AFNs have the potential to contribute to a transformation towards sustainable, just, resilient and productive food systems, but even though they have increased in numbers and organisational forms in recent years, they still remain in a niche. Consequently, scientific evidence of their performance is still limited. This research topic will contribute to a comprehensive, multi-scalar and critical (e.g. including potential counter-effects) understanding of the current state and future potential of AFNs. It will address multiple aspects, ranging from social, economic and environmental aspects to productivity, participation and justice. Moreover, it will highlight the role of governance, power relations and institutions, as well as barriers and ways forward to promote AFNs and their role in food system transformation.
Enabling Sustainable Food Systems
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Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
language : en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Release Date : 2020-08-01
Enabling Sustainable Food Systems written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and has been published by Food & Agriculture Org. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Sustainable food systems are fundamental to ensuring that future generations are food secure and eat healthy diets. To transition towards sustainability, many food system activities must be reconstructed, and myriad actors around the world are starting to act locally. While some changes are easier than others, knowing how to navigate through them to promote sustainable consumption and production practices requires complex skill sets. This handbook is written for “sustainable food systems innovators” by a group of innovators from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe who are leading initiatives to grow, share, sell and consume more sustainable foods in their local contexts. It includes experiences that are changing the organizational structures of local food systems to make them more sustainable. The handbook is organized as a “choose your own adventure” story where each reader – individually or in a facilitated group – can develop their own personalized learning and action journeys according to their priorities. The topics included in this handbook are arranged into four categories of innovations: engaging consumers, producing sustainably, getting products to market and getting organized.
Climate Crisis And Resilient Transportation Systems
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Author : Eftihia G. Nathanail
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2025-03-09
Climate Crisis And Resilient Transportation Systems written by Eftihia G. Nathanail and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-09 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book reports on original research and practical findings fostering resilient and sustainable transportation systems in response to the climate crisis. Being the first volume of the proceedings of the 7th Conference on Sustainable Mobility (CSuM 2024), held on September 4–6, 2024, at Plastira’s Lake, Greece, it focuses on research and practical strategies for developing sustainable and resilient transportation systems, and guidance for their green and digital transition. All in all, this book offers extensive information to academicians, researchers, practitioners and decision makers working on effective strategies to enhance resilence of transportation systems.
Alternative Food Networks
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Author : David Goodman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-02-20
Alternative Food Networks written by David Goodman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-20 with Business & Economics categories.
Farmers’ markets, veggie boxes, local foods, organic products and Fair Trade goods – how have these once novel, "alternative" foods, and the people and networks supporting them, become increasingly familiar features of everyday consumption? Are the visions of "alternative worlds" built on ethics of sustainability, social justice, animal welfare and the aesthetic values of local food cultures and traditional crafts still credible now that these foods crowd supermarket shelves and other "mainstream" shopping outlets? This timely book provides a critical review of the growth of alternative food networks and their struggle to defend their ethical and aesthetic values against the standardizing pressures of the corporate mainstream with its "placeless and nameless" global supply networks. It explores how these alternative movements are "making a difference" and their possible role as fears of global climate change and food insecurity intensify. It assesses the different experiences of these networks in three major arenas of food activism and politics: Britain and Western Europe, the United States, and the global Fair Trade economy. This comparative perspective runs throughout the book to fully explore the progressive erosion of the interface between alternative and mainstream food provisioning. As the era of "cheap food" draws to a close, analysis of the limitations of market-based social change and the future of alternative food economies and localist food politics place this book at the cutting-edge of the field. The book is thoroughly informed by contemporary social theory and interdisciplinary social scientific scholarship, formulates an integrative social practice framework to understand alternative food production-consumption, and offers a unique geographical reach in its case studies.
Agrarian Dreams
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Author : Julie Guthman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004-08-04
Agrarian Dreams written by Julie Guthman and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-04 with Technology & Engineering categories.
In an era of escalating food politics, many believe organic farming to be the agrarian answer. In this first comprehensive study of organic farming in California, Julie Guthman casts doubt on the current wisdom about organic food and agriculture, at least as it has evolved in the Golden State. Refuting popular portrayals of organic agriculture as a small-scale family farm endeavor in opposition to "industrial" agriculture, Guthman explains how organic farming has replicated what it set out to oppose.
Building Sustainable City Region Food Systems To Increase Resilience And Cope With Crises
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Author : Francesco Orsini
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2023-07-26
Building Sustainable City Region Food Systems To Increase Resilience And Cope With Crises written by Francesco Orsini and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-26 with Science categories.
Critical Praxis And The Social Imaginary For Sustainable Food Systems
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Author : Max Stephenson
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2024-09-26
Critical Praxis And The Social Imaginary For Sustainable Food Systems written by Max Stephenson and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-26 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Scholarship and high-level diplomatic reports alike, including that of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2021, have highlighted the negative material and bodily inequities of our globalized industrial food system, one that is fuelled by a hegemonic politics of food access and availability. The effects of industrialized food systems on public health, human rights, food sovereignty, ecological sustainability for land and water, as well as for climate change are increasingly obvious. These ongoing challenges, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, have exacerbated existing social, economic, and political inequalities and vulnerabilities and placed them in the spotlight. The crisis in the Ukraine has also underscored how connected global industrialized food systems are to nation state geopolitical interests, international alliances, trade relations, and conflicts. The current industrialized resource-intensive food system has persisted because of a complex set of power relations, despite its continuing and deepening social, ecological, and cultural costs.
Agroecology
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Author : Stephen R. Gliessman
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2022-09-30
Agroecology written by Stephen R. Gliessman and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-30 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Agroecology is at the forefront of transforming our food systems. This bestselling textbook provides the essential foundation for understanding this transformation in all its components: agricultural, ecological, economic, social, cultural, and political. It presents a case for food system change, explains the principles and practices underlying the ecological approach to food production, and lays out a vision for a food system based on equity and greater compatibility with the planet’s life support systems. New to the fourth edition: A chapter on Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture, covering the similarities and distinctions among different approaches to sustainable agriculture A chapter on Ecological Pest, Weed, and Disease Management A chapter on Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture A chapter on Agriculture and the Climate Crisis A revised analysis and critique of the food system’s embeddedness in the extractive capitalist world economy that reflects ideas in the emerging field of political agroecology Streamlined treatment of agroecology’s foundations in ecological science, making the text more compatible with typical course curricula A Companion Website at https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781032187105/ incorporates the entire contents of the updated practical manual Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology, split into student and lecturer resources. These 24 sample investigations facilitate hands-on learning that involves close observation, creative interpretation, and constant questioning of findings. Groundbreaking in its first edition and established as the definitive text in its second and third, the fourth edition of Agroecology captures recent developments in the field and forcefully applies the idea that agroecology is a science, a movement, and a practice. Written by a team of experts, this book will encourage students and practitioners to consider the critical importance of transitioning to a new paradigm for food and agriculture.
The Resilience Dividend
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Author : Judith Rodin
language : en
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Release Date : 2014-11-11
The Resilience Dividend written by Judith Rodin and has been published by PublicAffairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-11 with Social Science categories.
Building resilience -- the ability to bounce back more quickly and effectively -- is an urgent social and economic issue. Our interconnected world is susceptible to sudden and dramatic shocks and stresses: a cyber-attack, a new strain of virus, a structural failure, a violent storm, a civil disturbance, an economic blow. Through an astonishing range of stories, Judith Rodin shows how people, organizations, businesses, communities, and cities have developed resilience in the face of otherwise catastrophic challenges: Medellin, Colombia, was once the drug and murder capital of South America. Now it's host to international conferences and an emerging vacation destination. Tulsa, Oklahoma, cracked the code of rapid urban development in a floodplain. Airbnb, Toyota, Ikea, Coca-Cola, and other companies have realized the value of reducing vulnerabilities and potential threats to customers, employees, and their bottom line. In the Mau Forest of Kenya, bottom-up solutions are critical for dealing with climate change, environmental degradation, and displacement of locals. Following Superstorm Sandy, the Rockaway Surf Club in New York played a vital role in distributing emergency supplies. As we grow more adept at managing disruption and more skilled at resilience-building, Rodin reveals how we are able to create and take advantage of new economic and social opportunities that offer us the capacity to recover after catastrophes and grow strong in times of relative calm.
Transforming Food Systems In Latin America And The Caribbean Increasing Sustainability Resilience And Adaptation To Climate Change
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Author : Leida Y. Mercado
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2025-05-07
Transforming Food Systems In Latin America And The Caribbean Increasing Sustainability Resilience And Adaptation To Climate Change written by Leida Y. Mercado and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-07 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is highly vulnerable to extreme weather and climate events. LAC food systems are easily disrupted by such events, resulting in food insecurity, increased vulnerability, poverty aggravation, and migration. Additionally, unsustainable food systems in the LAC are one of the main drivers of environmental degradation, including water contamination and scarcity, and biodiversity loss, therefore compromising the delivery of ecosystem services (ES) that are critical to transforming these systems towards sustainability. Toward the end of the 20th century, climate pattern changes, such as the increased frequency of extended dry spells, have become common across the LAC region, negatively impacting agricultural production, economies, and jeopardizing food security. This has resulted in an increased number of people facing hunger across the region. To face and adapt to these environmental changes, it is necessary to promote food systems transformation. This transformation will ensure that food systems become more diversified, sustainable, inclusive (allowing access to nutritious and affordable food to everyone), healthier (promoting changes in consumption patterns), and more resilient and adaptive to climate change. This Research Topic aims to gather diverse and interdisciplinary views on current food systems in LAC by using a systematic approach to analyze the biodiversity and ecosystem services, food production, as well as the economic, social, cultural, and political aspects that are key for the functioning of said systems. We are particularly interested in proposals for solutions aimed at transforming LAC food systems to become better adapted to the changing climate, more diversified, sustainably intensified, and profitable. Nature-based solutions to achieve the needed transformations are particularly welcome. In addition, this Research Topic looks to provide solid evidence to support decision-making at various levels across the LAC region, from small landholders and businesses to policymakers.