Essays about: "alternative food networks"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words alternative food networks.
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21. Factors Influencing Farmers’ Readiness for Climate Change Adaptation: Southwest Washington, USA & Skåne, Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Climate change impacts global agricultural systems through changes in average temperature, precipitation quantity and timing, and extreme weather events. Climate change adaptation (CCA) for agricultural systems will be based on changes to farms’ day-to-day operations and long-range planning, governmental policies and regulations, and broad changes in supply chains. READ MORE
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22. Bridging the gap between food production and consumption : how alternative food networks forage the Berlin Foodscape
University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular SciencesAbstract : Venturing into bridging the gap between food production and consumption, metropolitan Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) are increasingly gaining momentum in the Global North. Nevertheless, people interested and participating in these initiatives form a rather homogenous group of highly educated and better-off consumers. READ MORE
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23. Determinants of success on Crowdfunding in Europe. : Evidence from Kickstarter Platform
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE)Abstract : Crowdfunding has become an alternative source of funding for small medium enterprises (SMEs) due to inadequate or lack of finance at its start-up. There has been lot of analysis by scholars pertaining the determinants of crowdfunding success and the objective of this theory is to pinpoint the factors of a successful crowdfunding project based on the most analyzed determinants by prior researchers (technology-based projects, social media and entertainment-based projects, other projects (such as food, publishing, arts), visual features (such as pictures, comments, updates, videos,etc), as well as investors contribution. READ MORE
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24. Community Supported Agriculture : Towards a Flourishing Movement in Europe
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utvecklingAbstract : As a response to the growing global sustainability challenges related to industrial agriculture, alternative approaches of food production and distribution are emerging. One approach that fosters direct consumer-producer relationships and sustainable local food production is known as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). READ MORE
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25. “Nya gröna vågen”- the new back-to-the-landers : Growing new pathways to the future
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : In the face of climate change, political instability, ecological destruction, extinction of species and other global issues humanity is facing, various studies are showing that a radical societal transformation is needed to avoid an ecological collapse. This thesis explores the contemporary social-environmental phenomenon “nya gröna vågen” (new-back-to-the-landers) in Sweden as a response to an urgent need for societal transformation as well as a resistance to the conventional modern society. READ MORE
