The sustainability of food chains is an issue consumers, policy makers, researchers, food
producers and suppliers are increasingly interested in. This interest is also confirmed by the …

Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development.
Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are …

Over the last decades, the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the
conventional agri-food system has and continues to be contested within both academic and …

The literature review is a crucial stage within any research process and in this case, there is
a sizeable corpus of relevant research. It was important to conduct a thorough review in …

Context The US food supply system relies heavily on vertically-integrated food supply chains
(FSCs), which leverage large-scale production, streamlined operations, and centralized …

Alternative food systems and networks, which have emerged around the world, are often
fragmentary, reduced in size and frequently unfold in parallel, hardly linked to each other …

Trust and personal relationships are regarded as critical elements of local food systems.
This study examines the role of trust and personal relationships among tourism stakeholders …

Farmers' markets, often structured as non-profit or cooperative organizations, play a
prominent role in emerging alternative food networks of western Canada. The contribution of …

Smallholder farmers play an important role in ensuring world food security. In addition to
food security, small-scale farming also provides numerous other direct and indirect …

Agri-food supply chain management (ASCM) research has gained attraction in recent years.
This study aims to examine the knowledge structure, trace the evolution of, and propose …