Values-Based Territorial Food Networks (VTFN): conceptual framework spanning Local Food Systems (LFS), Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC), Civic Food Networks (CFN) and Alternative Food Networks (AFN)

Reckinger, Rachel

Reference : Values-Based Territorial Food Networks (VTFN): conceptual framework spanning Local Fo...


	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Unpublished conference
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences Arts & humanities : Multidisciplinary, general & others
	Focus Areas :	Sustainable Development
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/50563

Title :	Values-Based Territorial Food Networks (VTFN): conceptual framework spanning Local Food Systems (LFS), Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC), Civic Food Networks (CFN) and Alternative Food Networks (AFN)
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Reckinger, Rachel [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM) >]
Publication date :	2-Sep-2021
Peer reviewed :	Yes
On invitation :	No
Audience :	International
Event name :	15th European Sociological Association Conference: "Sociological knowledges for alternative futures"
Event date :	31-08-2021 to 03-09-2021
Event organizer :	European Sociological Association
Event place (city) :	Barcelona
Event country :	Spain
Keywords :	[en] Values-Based Territorial Food Networks (VTFN) ; Literature review ; Alternative Food Networks (AFN) ; Local Food Systems (LFS) ; Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC) ; Civic Food Networks (CFN)
Abstract :	[en] Localized food growing and livestock rearing initiatives with more direct transformation and commercialization structures, often at comparably small scales, gained ground worldwide. They represent various types of ‘alternatives’ to industrialised agri-food processes and to standard producers/consumers divides characterizing the global food system. While these alternatives are not always new, they have sparked growing scholarly interest. Over time, the literature has addressed them via four main conceptual denominations: Local Food Systems (LFS), Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs), Civic Food Networks (CFS), Alternative Food Networks (AFN). These concepts have distinct foci, partial overlaps, and they seek to capture an immense heterogeneity of empirical phenomena. Yet this conceptual plurality risks to conceal that these empirical initiatives, despite their differences, have structural commonalities at food system level, relevant for understanding pathways to a sustainable food system transformation. Therefore, I argue for an overarching concept subsuming the existing ones. Values-based Territorial Food Networks (VTFN) would take into account the diverse perspectives from the four main concepts in this field, classify their specificities and address their shortcomings. The social critique at their core, leading to transitions, is constructed around values of ’doing things differently’, at the level of specific territories. The more robust and authentic these sustainability values in VTFN are – in terms of environmental integrity, social well-being, economic resilience and ethical governance – the more likely they are to be incorporated into practices, to become more and more legitimate and gain a voice at negotiation tables, in order to help reorient the current corporate agrifood regime.
Name of the research project :	Sustainable Food Practices
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/50563
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