Reimagining Food: Readdressing and Respecting Values

Sophia Lingham, Louise Manning and Damian Maye
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Sophia Lingham: School of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road, Cirencester GL7 6JS, UK
Louise Manning: Lincoln Institute for Agri Food Technology, University of Lincoln, Riseholme Park, Lincoln LN2 2LG, UK
Damian Maye: Countryside and Community Research Institute, Francis Close Hall Campus, University of Gloucestershire, Swindon Road, Cheltenham GL50 4AZ, UK

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-19

Abstract: The values associated with food are framed and constructed by market-based systems that assign attributes to different foods across the marketplace. The aim of the paper was to conceptualize the range of non-financial aspects associated with food in the literature examined and a typology was introduced to position a new set of non-financial food values, the alter-values, which support the creation of a more holistic approach to visualize and reimagine a more sustainable, resilient food system that readdresses and respects such values. The four alter-values of interest, intrinsic, production-related, supply chain related, and emotio-cultural values, were discussed in the context of changing food environments, and a visualization of the typology was presented to explain them. By focusing especially on intrinsic and emotio-cultural values, an adaptation of the current food environment beyond pecuniary-based emphasis was possible. Such an approach helps to challenge the structure of the conventional food system towards a more citizen-driven sustainable model, altering priorities, with a drive towards embedding values and going beyond perceiving food only in terms of exchange value, to considering food as a vital aspect of life.

Keywords: food; alter-values; non-financial; value; typology; intrinsic; production-related; supply chain; emotio-cultural (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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