The special issue titled 'Values‐based Territorial Food Networks–Benefits, challenges and
controversies' and this introductory editorial aim to bridge conceptual and disciplinary …

In this paper, we critically interrogate the benefits of an interdisciplinary and theoretically
diverse dialogue between 'local food'and 'alternative food networks'(AFNs) and outline how …

The future of food is uncertain. Rising levels of malnutrition, inequality, and environmental
degradation point to the failure of food systems to deliver safe and healthy food for all. As …

Conventional political thought and practice continue to be stifled by a dilemma of choosing
between the ideal imaginaries of State and/or Market solutions. Widely presupposed as the …

This article argues for including the projective dimension of agency in research into
alternative food networks. Starting from a review of the literature, I show that referring to the …

Post-Development, a body of transitional imaginaries, is not homogenous, neither in its
critique, nor in the alternatives proposed. Given that the term 'development'is already highly …

As the deleterious impacts of conventional food systems on areas including public health,
environmental sustainability, and farmers' livelihoods are progressively unveiled, citizen-led …

This article adopts Van der Ploeg's theory of repeasantisation to demonstrate that, even in
the largely industrialised agricultural state of Kansas, USA, there are unexpected interstices …

Through the lens of food utopias, this article explores the opportunities and dilemmas
experienced by selected civic food networks (CFNs) in Australia as they seek to scale‐up …

With her new book, Italian Food Activism in Urban Sardinia, cultural anthropologist Carole
Counihan makes a significant contribution to understanding the growing global movement …