Alternative local food networks
Themes : Alternative forms of entrepreneurship, production and consumption
The rapid development of alternative local food networks represents a reaction to the industrialization and productivism of globalized food production systems. These food production and distribution networks differ from the dominant systems in proposing a short distribution circuit, limiting the number of intermediaries between the farmer and the consumer to one or zero. They are based on relationships that are usually associated with specific geographic locations and ethical frameworks that seek to address a whole series of questions, including transport of foodstuffs and the use of agrochemicals, human health and animal well-being, (non)ethical practices (at the local and global levels) and exploiting labour power. The three key principles of environmental, economic and social sustainability are taken into account. An essential characteristic that distinguishes these relationships from those forged in the conventional sector is the central notion of the human tie that is recreated between producers, consumers and food.
These initiatives are often very diverse: some advocate direct human contact and active defence of peasant farming; others propose “tailor-made” solutions such as delivering organic boxes door-to-door. What unites them is the actors’ desire to break with the approach based on commoditization and standardization of food. Alternative local food system respond to this approach by seeking to build up trust between producers and consumers, while participating in the emergence of new forms of political participation.
One law | 5 publications | 15 Videos | 2 pedagogical tools | 37 case studies | 26 Analyses/working papers/articles | One charter/manifesto | 2 public contributions | 4 articles
One law
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FAO Council 163 position paper
FAO, December 2019
5 publications
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Anne Loeber, Routledge, USA, 2012
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Local Food. How to Make it Happen in Your Community.
Tamzin Pinkerton, Rob Hopkins, Green Books, United Kingdom, 2009
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Edible Action Food Activism and Alternative Economics
Sally Miller, Fernwood Publishing, Canada., September 2008
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Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered
Woody Tasch, Chelsea Green Publishing, United States, 2008
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Sharing the Harvest A Citizen’s Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, 2nd Edition
Elisabeth Henderson, Robyn Van En, Chelsea green Publishing, November 2007
15 Videos
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Interview of Commons.fi by RIPESS Europe- Ruby van der Wekken : cooperative Oma Maa, Finland
February 2021
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So, you’re starting a CSA or box scheme in a pandemic
April 2020
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Webinar recording: Recipe for Disaster - Globalised food systems, inequality and COVID-19
Transnational institute - April 15, 2020
April 2020
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June 2019
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Building & Sustaining Food Cooperatives
January 2019
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Akdeniz Agroekoloji Buluşması/Mediterranean LSP’s for Agroecology (5-8 October 2017)
November 2018
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Life itself (Green market Trinidad)
Hayle Meyerhoff, April 2018
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« Community Supported Agriculture & Food sovereignty » - Jenny Gkiougki’s interview
Case studies Forum Synergies
November 2017
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Be part of CSA! Participă în parteneriatele de Agricultură susținută de comunitate
March 2016
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Climate Change and Community Supported Agriculture Judith Hitchman Urgenci France
June 2015
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Interview with Sjoerd Wartena - Founder of Terre de Liens
2014
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Mr. Michael Lewis at RIPESS Manila 2013 (Part 1 to 5)
5th RIPESS International Meeting of SSE, Manila, Philippines, October, 15-18, 2013.
October 2013
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C.R.I.E.S. association - ASAT local partnerships between consumers and small-scale farmers
August 2012
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Organic box schemes helping local French farmers and consumers
Forum Synergies
2012
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Nyeleni Europe 2011 - European Forum on Food Soveeignty - Krems, Austria 16-21 August 2011
August 2011
2 pedagogical tools
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The CSA farmer to farmer booklet
September 2019
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Learn the skills, gain the knowledge, Be part of CSA
August 2019
37 case studies
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May 2020
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Community Farm Enterprise, KG OA ULU GUMUN
Kon ONN Sein, November 2019
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Rural Development in mainland China: The Yunnan Experience
Michelle Hei Yan, Shum, November 2019
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PROJECT AGRI-CHAIN: Modernizing Philippine Agriculture
Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., November 2019
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Ban Chan Community Enterprise under Alternative Agriculture Network (AAN) in Northeast, Thailand
Kassirin Phiboon, November 2019
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Field visit 7 : Cooperative Il Sole e la Terra (The Sun and the Earth)
October 2019
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Field visit 6 : La Porta del Parco/Cooperativa Sociale Alchimia
October 2019
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October 2019
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Field visit 3 : Parco dei Coll
October 2019
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Solidarity Economy and commercialization channels in the North and South of Brazil
3rd EMES-Polanyi International Seminarn Welfaire societies in Transition, Roskilde, April 2018
Fabio Schwab do Nascimento, April 2018
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Self-managing farm in Elliniko, Athens
Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias
2018
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Intensifying urban food production with agroecology
Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias
Grand River Food Forestry, 2018
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ColyFlor Solidarity Economy Circuit, Medellín
Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias
Corporación Ecológica y Cultural Penca de Sábila, 2018
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Struggle for the Survival of Dakar’s Last Remaining Green Lung
Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias
Asssociation Des Maraichers de la Patte d’Oie, 2018
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Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias
China CSA Network, 2018
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Kudumbashree Collective Farming and related initiatives
Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias
Society for Knowledge Commons, 2018
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Case studies Forum Synergies
November 2017
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THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY IN OHIO LOOKS LIKE! Ohio’s democratic/self-determination “infrastructure”
American Friends Service Committee Northeast Ohio Office, January 2017
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A brief overview of Community Supported Agricuture (CSA) in the Philippines post-2014 disaster
Judith Hitchman, January 2016
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Gaelle Bigler, January 2016
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6th Annual General Body Meeting – Mahasabha
Kavita Kuruganti, January 2016
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Bristol City Council and Urbact
2015
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Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement in Europe: An Action Plan for Sustainability
Foodlinks project
December 2013
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Vth URGENCI Symposium: Monterey California, USA, January 2013
International Newsletter for Sustainable Local Development Newsletter #96
Jocelyn Parot, Yvon Poirier, March 2013
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August 2012
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Community supported agriculture
Simply Good Food, New Zealand
John McKay, February 2012
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Case studies Forum Synergies
2012
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Case studies Forum Synergies
July 2011
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Case studies Forum Synergies
June 2011
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Nekasarea: a Basque network serving the everyday struggle for Food Sovereignty
A network of consumers and producers organized beyond community supported agriculture (CSA)
Jocelyn Parot, December 2010
International Newsletter of Sustainable Local Development, Urgenci
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Community supported foods and farming. The Urgenci International Network, Kobe Conference April 2010
Judith Hitchman, April 2010
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Community supported foods and farming
The Urgenci International Network, Kobe Conference April 2010
Judith Hitchman, April 2010
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Developing Producer Consumer Alliances
July 2009
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Stéphane Girou, May 2008
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3rd International Symposium
Judith Hitchman, February 2008
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Linking the Global and the Local: the vision the Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-Operative Union (Japan)
Yvon Poirier, July 2007
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2002
26 Analyses/working papers/articles
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Policy Report : Roots of Resilience.. Land Policy for an Agroecological Transition in Europe.
Nyéléni, January 2021
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A TNI report
Nyeleni Europe and Central Asia, Transnational Institute (TNI), May 2020
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Chris Chancellor, March 2019
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Eating from the Farm: the social, environmental, and economic benefits of local food systems
Friends of the Earth and Urgenci, May 2016
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Tammi Jonas, January 2016
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Community Supported Agriculture thriving in China
URBAN AGRICULTURE MAGAZINE UA30
Judith Hitchman, June 2015
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Judith Hitchman, April 2015
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Consumer Culture, Sustainability and a New Vision of Consumer Sovereignty
European Society for Rural Sociology. Sociologia Ruralis, Vol 55, Number 4, October 2015
Roberta Sassatelli, 2015
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In: Landbauforschung (Bd. 64, Nr. 3-4: 139-150)
Judith Moellers, Brînduşa Bîrhală, 2014
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Dialectical Anthropolog
Theodoros Rakopoulos, 2014
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Community supported agriculture: Is it driven by economy or solidarity?
Discussion Paper, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, No. 144
Brînduşa Bîrhală,, Judith Möllers,, 2014
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Submitted to the Asian Solidarity Economy Council, on the occasion of the 5th RIPESS International Meeting of SSE, Manila, Philippines, October, 15-18, 2013.
Sung Ming Chow, October 2013
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Community Supported Agriculture. Is it driven by economy or solidarity?
IAMO Discussion Paper No. 144, Halle (Saale): IAMO. Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies
Judith Moellers, Brînduşa Bîrhală, 2013
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Allotments and alternative food networks: the case of Plymouth, UK
Wendy M Miller,, 2013
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Participatory Action Research in Agroecology: Building Local Organic Food Networks in Spain
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Volume 37, Issue 1, 2013
Gloria I. Guzmán, Daniel López, Lara Román, Antonio M. Alonso, 2013
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The Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Social and Solidarity-based Economy
Background paper written at the request of the members of the Coordinating Committee of the Civil Society Mechanism of the Committee for Food Security and others present at the Budapest meeting in December 2011
Judith Hitchman, 2012
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Dining On the Social Economy: Local, Sustainable Food Systems and Policy Development
Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique sociale, 2012, no 67
Jennifer Sumner, 2012
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Solidarity Economies in Marche, Italy: current trends and perspectives
No 124127, Congress Papers from Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA)
Matteo Belleti, Francesco Orazi,, Marco Socci,, Marco Giovagnoli,, Barbara Pojaghi,, 2012
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Political Consumerism and Food Community Networks
2011 International European Forum, February 14-18, 2011, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria
Luigi Cembalo, Giuseppina MIGLIORE, Giorgio SCHIFANI, February 2011
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From value to values: sustainable consumption at farmers markets
Agriculture and Human Values December 2008, Volume 25, Issue 4, pp 487-498
Alison Hope Alkon, December 2008
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A case of successful cooperation in Italy
An initiative for responsible and environmental consumption
Pia Valota, July 2008
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Proceedings for the Conference “Rurality near the City”, Leuven, 7‐8th of February 2008
Christine Aubry, Leïla Kebir, Catherine Pasquier, February 2008
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Local foods and local markets: strategies to grow the local sector in the UK
Anthropolgy of Food
May 2005
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Erin Tegtmeier, Michael Duffy, January 2005
One charter/manifesto
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A LETTER TO BUILD FOOD SOVEREIGNTY FROM OUR MUNICIPALITIES
September 2014
2 public contributions
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New institutional actors of the food systems Milan Food Policy and the Urban Food Policy Pact
URGENCI 6 th International CSA Conference - 7 th China CSA Conference 19-22 November 2015 | Beijing, China
Andrea Calori, November 2015
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The World of Community Supported Agriculture
Keynote for Urgenci Kobe Conference 2010
Elisabeth Henderson, February 2010
4 articles
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Emergency Relief for People Facing Difficulties
Article Seikatzuclub.coop
June 2020
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Community-led responses to the pandemic #1
Article from Ecolise,April 1, 2020
Nara Petrovic, April 2020
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Here and ready: the value of peasant agriculture in the context of COVID-19
Article Eurovia 26/03/2020
March 2020
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Meet the people building alternatives to mining in Colombia
Article of RED Pepper, April 19, 2018
April 2018