The production and distribution of food are among the hot topics debated in the context of
sustainable development. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are now widely believed to be …

This review summarizes several avenues of planning inquiry into food systems research,
revealing gaps in the literature, allied fields of study and mismatches between scholarly …

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 …

This paper departs from the observation that the industrialization and globalization of the
agri-food supply chain has disconnected food from its socio-cultural and physical territorial …

This article discusses and compares the rural development processes and practices
currently occurring in China, Brazil and the European Union. Although these are strongly …

The growth of localized and sustainable food systems is widely recognized in many Western
countries as a response to the increasingly evident crisis of conventional food systems …

While a number of works question the alterity of alternative food chains, little has been said
about the social processes under which new economic models are, or may be, developed …

A number of studies have indicated that short food supply chains could create economic,
social, and environmental benefits, but most of those chains were implemented in …

Based on the reconstruction of the development of 14 food supply chain initiatives in 7
European countries, we developed a conceptual framework that demonstrates that the …

In response to calls by scholars to deepen theoretical engagement in research on
Alternative Food Networks (AFNs), in this article we critically discuss and assess major …