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City networks’ power in global agri-food systems
Cities and local governments loom large on the sustainability agenda. Networks such as Fair Trade Towns International (FTT) and the Organic Cities...
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Role of the neo-rural phenomenon and the new peasantry in agroecological transitions: a literature review
In the context of agricultural activity intensification and rural abandonment, neo-rurality has emerged as a back-to-the-land migratory movement led...
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Contemporary narratives about asymmetries in responsibility in global agri-food value chains: the case of the Ecuadorian stakeholders in the banana value chain
Global concerns over environmental and social issues in agrifood value chains have increased and are reflected in a number of voluntary...
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Rebalance power and strengthen farmers’ position in the EU food system? A CDA of the Farm to Fork Strategy
The Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy at the heart of the European Union’s Green Deal set out to create a “just transition” towards a sustainable food...
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Behind the scenes of a learning agri-food value chain: lessons from action research
The development of sustainable agri-food systems requires not only new academic knowledge, but also concrete social and organizational change in...
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Sustainability Transitions in the Context of Pandemic: An Introduction to the Focused Issue on Social Innovation and Systemic Impact
For society to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the agri-food industry needs a substantial sustainability transition toward food systems...
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Agencing an innovative territorial trade scheme between crop and livestock farming: the contributions of the sociology of market agencements to alternative agri-food network analysis
The aim of this article is to show the relevance of the sociology of market agencements (an off shoot of actor–network theory) for studying the...
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Sustainability transitions in the context of pandemic: an introduction to the focused issue on social innovation and systemic impact
For society to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the agri-food industry needs a substantial sustainability transition toward food systems...
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Producer organizations as transition intermediaries? Insights from organic and conventional vegetable systems in Uruguay
Increased pressures on agri-food systems have indicated the importance of intermediaries to facilitate sustainability transitions. While producer...
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The human being at the heart of agroecological transitions: insights from cognitive map** of actors’ vision of change in Roquefort area
Agroecological transitions aim at develo** sustainable farming and food systems, adapted to local contexts. Such transitions require the engagement...
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The roles and dynamics of transition intermediaries in enabling sustainable public food procurement: insights from Spain
Sustainable Public Food Procurement (SPFP) is gaining recognition for its potential to improve the sustainability of food systems and promote...
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Philosophy of sustainability experimentation _ experimental legacy, normativity and transfer of evidence
The recent proliferation of types and accounts of experimentation in sustainability science still lacks philosophical reflection. The present paper...
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Multi-actor Networks and Innovation Niches: University Training for Local Agroecological Dynamization
The global environmental and social-economic crises of industrialized agriculture have led to the emergence of agroecology as an alternative approach...
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Using fuzzy cognitive map** and social capital to explain differences in sustainability perceptions between farmers in the northeast US and Denmark
Farmers are key actors in the transition towards sustainable agricultural practices. Therefore, it is important to understand farmers’ motivations to...
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A one-sided love affair? On the potential for a coalition between degrowth and community-supported agriculture in Germany
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is a grassroots response to the threat the global industrial agri-food system poses to smallholders. The...
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Rethinking the Alternatives: Food Sovereignty as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Food Security
The concept of food sovereignty is primarily taken as an alternative to the prevailing neoliberal food security model. However, the approach has...
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Intersectional coalitions towards a just agroecology: weaving mutual aid and agroecology in Barcelona and Seville
Although in theory social justice is considered as a core dimension of agroecological transitions, alternative food initiatives related to...
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The agroecological transition in Senegal: transnational links and uneven empowerment
Senegal is among the few African countries that counts with an important agroecological movement. This movement is strongly backed up by a network of...
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Food democracy: possibilities under the frame of the current food system
Food democracy is a concept with growing influence in food research. Food democracy deals with how actors may regain democratic control over the food...
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How farmers “repair” the industrial agricultural system
Scholars are increasingly calling for the environmental issues of the industrial agricultural system to be addressed via eventual agroecological...