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 …

In recent years, the transition to sustainability at a food systems' scale has drawn major
attention both from the scientific and political arenas. Agroecology has become central to …

My first acquaintance with the very idea of a Gruppo di Acquisto Solidale (GAS; solidarity
purchase group) happened through a younger colleague, an expert in agricultural history …

Much attention has been given in recent years to the rise of alternative food networks
However, the very concept of “alternative” has come under increasing scrutiny, as theorists …

As redes alimentares alternativas (alternative food networks-AFNs), como são conhecidas
na literatura internacional (GOODMAN et. al., 2012), são uma categoria genérica de análise …

Sustainably achieving the goal of global food security is one of the greatest challenges of
the 21st century. The current food system is failing to meet the needs of people, and at the …

Amid the many food safety scandals that have erupted in recent years, Chinese food
activists and consumers are turning to the creation of alternative food networks (AFNs) to …

There is a disconnection between the top-down, elite, nature of sports mega-events and the
ostensible redistributive and participatory sustainable development agendas staked out by …

Alessandro Corsi is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Department of
Economics and Statistics “S. Cognetti de Martiis” of the University of Torino, Italy. He has …

The relationship between food and development has always been controversial. Over the
last thirty years, development in the north and south has failed to deliver people a decent …