Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the publication of our new edited volume: "Localizing Global Good: Short Food Supply Chains as Responses to Agri-Food System Challenges" https://www.routledge.com/Localizing-Global-Food-Short-Food-Supply-Chains-as-Responses-to-Agri-Food/Kalfagianni-Skordili/p/book/9781138327368 Routledge, 2019 (200 pages) ISBN: 987-1-138-32736-8 (hbk) Edited by: Agni Kalfagianni and Sophia Skordili 'Summary' Short food supply chains (SFSCs) rely primarily on local production and processing practices for the provision of food and are, in principle, more sustainable in social, economic and environmental terms than supply chains where production and consumption are widely separated. This book reviews and assesses recent initiatives on this topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. In theoretical terms it draws on and advances two key concepts, namely, place (particularly embeddedness in local economic networks and communities) and governance (particularly in addressing sustainability concerns in an inclusive and socially just manner). Empirically, the book examines a diverse set of SFSCs such as small-scale entrepreneurship, farmers' markets, community supported agriculture and grassroots and solidarity networks. The main examples discussed are from Europe and North America, but the issues are applicable in a global context. The book is of interest to advanced students, researchers and professionals in food studies, sociology, geography, planning, politics and environmental studies. Table of Contents 1. Introduction Agni Kalfagianni, Sophia Skordili Part I Innovative Local Agrifood Governance 2. The Rise of Municipal Food Movements Kevin Morgan, Raychel Santo 3. Grassroots responsible innovation initiatives in SFSC Cristina Grasseni 4. Food localization and agency: The Cases of Regionalwert AG and Luzernenhof in Freiburg, Germany Lena Partzsch Part II Local Agrifood Systems 5. The long and the short of it: Motivations and realities for food hub actors in Ontario, Canada Alison Blay-Palmer, Erin Nelson, Phil Mount, Mike Nagy 6. "New" micro agrifood initiatives in crisis-hit Greece and beyond: a promising alternative or business as usual? Sophia Skordili 7. Synergies between localized agrifood systems and short supply chains for Geographical Indications in Italy Filippo Arfini, Maria Cecilia Mancini 8. Re-embedding Greek Feta in localities: Cooperation of small dairies as a territorial development strategy Theodosia Anthopoulou, Dimitris Goussios Part III Alternative Agrifood Market Channels 9. The fairness of alternative food retailers in the Netherlands Agni Kalfagianni 10. Social justice on the market place. The renewal of peri-urban open-air food markets around Montpellier, France Coline Perrin, Elodie Valette, Claire Cerdan 11. Protection of a 'place': Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Germany Birgit Peuker 12. Conclusions Agni Kalfagianni, Sophia Skordili Kind regards, Agni and Sophia Dr. Agni Kalfagianni| Associate Professor of Transnational Sustainability Governance | Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development | Faculty of Geosciences - Utrecht University | Vening Meineszgebouw A, Princetonlaan 8A 3585CB Utrecht, The Netherlands | room 7.06| T. + 31 30 253 7650| [email protected] | -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
