CONTEXT Food systems worldwide are under enormous pressure. Over the past decades,
local food systems have been promoted by governments and civil society organisations as a …

Despite the different elements that regard Food Supply Chains (FSCs) and the Short Food
Supply Chains (SFSCs) as possessing opposing models, substantial changes are …

Attributional life cycle assessment was applied to determine environmental footprints of
lettuce produced across ten supply chain configurations, based on either hydroponic closed …

Calls for agri-food system sustainability transitions abound and increasingly draw attention
to the need for addressing deeply ingrained social, cultural and economic logics that drive …

The sustainability debate in the food sector has exposed the current food system to critics,
encouraging the significant growth of Alternative Food Networks (AFNs), new ways of food …

Short supply chains have recently gained increased attention because of the turbulence in
the global environment caused by exogenous influences that create unstable and uncertain …

While consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for local food have been widely
explored, farmers' choice of marketing channels in high-income countries has received far …

Purpose Alternative food networks (AFNs) have recently emerged in the food landscape as
new ways of food production, distribution and consumption which are alternatives to the …

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 …

In this study we aim at exploring consumer valuation for craft beer brewed locally and made
with locally grown hops. The research is motivated by the fact that, although existing …