Understanding Alternative Food Networks: Exploring the Role of Short Food Supply Chains in Rural Development

Henk Renting, Terry K Marsden and Jo Banks
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Henk Renting: Rural Sociology Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen, University, 1 Hollandseweg, NL 6706KN, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Environment and Planning A, 2003, vol. 35, issue 3, 393-411

Abstract: In this paper we explore the development and incidence of alternative food networks within a European-wide context. By developing a consistent definition of short food supply chains, we address both the morphology and the dynamics of these, and then examine empirical evidence concerning their incidence and rural development impact across seven EU member states. These developments need to be seen as one significant contribution to the current transitions in rural Europe concerning the crisis of conventional intensive and productivist agriculture and the public consumer pressure for a larger variety of distinctive ‘quality’ food products.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1068/a3510

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