Farmer use of intermediated market channels: A review

C Dimitri, K Gardner - Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 2019 - cambridge.org
Intermediated markets are relatively new market channels that have the potential to expand
local and regional food systems while increasing the viability of small-and medium-sized …

Retailing local food through supermarkets: Cases from Belgium and the Netherlands

TA Zwart, SCO Wertheim-Heck - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The (re) localization of food systems is often presented as an alternative to the
'globalized'food system and its presumed unsustainabilities. Studies on sustainability …

Marketing to the foodshed: Why do farmers participate in local food systems?

ED Schoolman, LW Morton, JG Arbuckle Jr… - Journal of Rural …, 2021 - Elsevier
The concept of embeddedness has long been central to theory about why farmers
participate in local food systems. Yet few survey-based studies, and none using a …

Using lean to improve operational performance in a retail store and e-commerce service: A portuguese case study

PA Marques, D Jorge, J Reis - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ensuring on-shelf availability is essential for retailers to maintain high service levels for both
in-store and E-Commerce consumers. The performance of this indicator largely depends on …

Store support for local producers as a driver of legitimacy and purchase intentions: A moderated mediation model

P Odou, M Schill, D Chaney, C Roznowicz - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
As part of their corporate social responsibility strategies, large retailers have recently been
offering an increasing number of local products. However, the impact of such actions is not …

Meeting changing customer requirements in food and agriculture through the application of blockchain technology

U Sengupta, HM Kim - Frontiers in Blockchain, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This research summarizes the implementation of blockchain technology in the food and
agriculture industry in Canada. Our research indicates that blockchain solutions are an …

City-region food systems and second tier cities: from garden cities to garden regions

K van Der Gaast, E van Leeuwen, S Wertheim-Heck - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Theory and practice show that second-tier cities can play an important role in linking the
urban and the rural. Second-tier cities are the middle ground of the urban system. The …

Do direct market farms use fewer agricultural chemicals? Evidence from the US census of agriculture

ED Schoolman - Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 2019 - cambridge.org
Are strong local food systems better for the environment than conventional food systems
where relatively close proximity between points of production and consumption is not a …

Dynamic processes of territorial embeddedness in international online fashion retailing

S Wood, NM Coe, I Watson, C Teller - Economic Geography, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
abstract Global retail expansion involves dynamic relations between retailers and
variegated institutional, competitive, and consumer-based demands across different spatial …

Navigating embeddedness: experiences of Indian it suppliers and employees in the Netherlands

E Noronha, P D'Cruz, MUL Banday - Journal of business ethics, 2020 - Springer
In this article, we shift the usual analytical attention of the GPN framework from lead firms to
suppliers in the network and from production to IT services. Our focus is on how Indian IT …