Localizing Global Food - 9780367582999

Taylor & Francis

Localizing Global FoodShort Food Supply Chains as Responses to Agri-Food System Challenges\nAuthor(s): Agni Kalfagianni, Sophia Skordili\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367582999, 978-0367582999\nSynopsis\nShort 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.\n\nThis 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 en.