Essays about: "alternative food networks"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 43 essays containing the words alternative food networks.

  1. 16. Stories of Change: Alternative Food Networks in the Urban Setting of Zurich

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Patricia Catherine Schmid; [2021]
    Keywords : Food systems; alternative food networks; agriculture; sustainability; good living; food sovereignty; pluriverse; Zurich; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Food is political: from seed over production to distribution and consumption. Large scale agriculture infused multi-layered social, ecological, and economic issues. The need to change the dominant food system approach is widely recognised. Alternatives in food production and distribution emerged and persisted over time. READ MORE

  3. 17. Självorganiserande matnätverk : producenters perspektiv på REKO-ringar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Marika Kronberg; [2021]
    Keywords : REKO-ringar; alternativa matnätverk; producenter; självorganisering; närproducerad mat; lokalproducerad mat;

    Abstract : Som reaktion på det globala livsmedelssystemets brister har det uppstått alternativa sätt att producera och distribuera mat. I Sverige är REKO-ringar är ett alternativt matnätverk som vuxit fram under de senaste åren och som också speglar det ökade intresset för närproducerad mat. READ MORE

  4. 18. Rethinking Urban Connectivity - a Case of Skellefteå, Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Stadsbyggnad

    Author : Boyang Kai; [2021]
    Keywords : urban connectivity; sub-arctic;

    Abstract : This project aims to explore alternative ways of promoting urban connectivity in Skellefteå, a northern Swedish city in the sub-arctic region. Skellefteå was initially known for its mining history, rich natural resources including wood, wind, and hydropower. READ MORE

  5. 19. “It’s like having three children when it comes to cooking with my husband”

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Kenza Podieh; [2021]
    Keywords : gender; doing gender; undoing gender; Community Supported Agriculture; voice centred relational method; Wales; socio-cultural domain; corporeal domian;

    Abstract : Within the last decades, alternative food production networks (AFN), which oppose the well-documented social, economic, and environmental flaws of the conventional food production system, have received increased attention by scholars. Yet, notions of gender often remain overlooked. READ MORE

  6. 20. Motives for Engaging in Alternative Food Networks : A Case Study with Partner Companies to Regionalwert AG

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Anna Sahlgren; Viktor Hilber; [2021]
    Keywords : Alternative food networks; Regionalwert AG; Alienation Theory; Environmental Sociology; Alternativa livsmedelsnätverk; Regionalwert AG; Alienationsteori; Miljösociologi;

    Abstract : Modern society’s industrial food system has led to several environmental problems and is compromising the fundamental aspects of agriculture such as fertile soil, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. In addition to this, the food system contributes to economic and social difficulties for actors within the agricultural sector. READ MORE