Localizing global food : short food supply chains as responses to agri-food system challenges / edited by Agni Kalfagianni and Sophia Skordili.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Innovative local agrifood governance -- The rise of municipal food movements / Kevin Morgan, Raychel Santo -- Grassroots responsible innovation initiatives in SFSC / Cristina Grasseni -- Food localization and agency : the cases of Regionalwert AG and Luzernenhof in Freiburg, Germany / Lena Partzsch -- Local agrifood systems -- The long and the short of it : motivations and realities for food hub actors in Ontario, Canada / Alison Blay-Palmer, Erin Nelson, Phil Mount, Mike Nagy -- "New" micro agrofood initiatives in crisis-hit Greece and beyond : a promising alternative or business as usual? / Sophia Skordili -- Synergies between localized agri-food systems and short supply chains for geographical indications in Italy / Filippo Arfini, Maria Cecilia Mancini -- Cooperation among small feta cheese dairies as a local territorial development strategy in Thessaly, Greece / Theodosia Anthopoulou, Dimitris Goussios Alternative Agrifood Market Channels -- The fairness of alternative food retailers in the Netherlands / Agni Kalfagianni -- Social justice on the market place : the renewal of peri-urban open-air food markets around Montpellier, France / Coline Perrin, Elodie Valette, Claire Cerdan -- Protection of a 'place': Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Germany / Birgit Peuker.

Short food supply chains (SFSCs) rely primarily on local production and processing practices for the provision of food and are, in principle, more sustainable in social, economic and environmental terms than supply chains where production and consumption are widely separated. This book reviews and assesses recent initiatives on this topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. In theoretical terms it draws on and advances two key concepts, namely, place (particularly embeddedness in local economic networks and communities) and governance (particularly in addressing sustainability concerns in an inclusive and socially just manner). Empirically, the book examines a diverse set of SFSCs such as small-scale entrepreneurship, farmers' markets, community supported agriculture and grassroots and solidarity networks. The main examples discussed are from Europe and North America, but the issues are applicable in a global context. The book is of interest to advanced students, researchers and professionals in food studies, sociology, geography, planning, politics and environmental studies