Farmers are at the centre of scientific and political debates about sustainability in European
agriculture, but rarely do we discuss the roles of other actors who shape their behaviour …

Alternative food networks (AFNs) are commonly defined by attributes of local production and
short supply chains, which integrate dimensions of spatial and social proximity. This new …

The aim of this article is to explore the possible emergence of a food sovereignty movement
in Poland through the analysis of two farmers protest movements organised in 2012–2019 …

Agricultural ecological capital investment aims to achieve the coordinated and sustainable
development of agricultural and rural ecology, economy, and society through a series of …

The concept of alternative food networks (AFNs) has evolved in the academic literature, from
early optimistic studies on agricultural relocalization rooted in rural sociology to …

Food hubs are collaborative entities that strategically manage the assemblage, delivery, and
promotion of food from a range of local food producers. They are essentially multi-actor …

Unsustainable food practices in the global North have brought a lot of attention to the
concept of alternative food networks. However, prevailing research perspectives have …

This paper examines the role of geopolitics, including armed conflict, in family farming.
Drawing on critical approaches to geopolitics in geography and anthropology, we situate the …

This paper brings together two streams of literature which rarely enter into conversation:
diverse economies scholarship and critical readings of postsocialism. Mobilising the cases …

The results of many studies of Central and Eastern European food networks suggest that the
changes in local food systems are not a delayed repetition of their Western counterparts but …