Introduction to the Special Issue: More Than Value$ in the Food System

Tobin, Daniel; Bellarmino, Emily; Kolodinsky, Jane

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2020.094.013

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“…Importantly, our definition recognizes the need to reflect on the term "value" itself and how the different uses and definitions of the term are modified and employed to communicate a framework for categorizing a whole system of production, distribution, and relationships between farmers, supply chain partners, retailers, restaurants, and eaters. We argue that a broader transformation of the food and agricultural system requires us to more formally engage with our values (DeLind, 2011), an argument echoed by two special issues of the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development on "More Than Value$ in the Food System" (Tobin, Belarmino, & Kolodinsky, 2020) and "Mid-Scale Food Value Chains" (Stevenson et al, 2011). The word "value" is complex and takes on different meanings, depending on whether it is used as a noun, verb, or adjective; this fluidity is directly expressed in the way it is used in community economic development.…”

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A contemporary concept of the value(s)-added food and agriculture sector and rural development

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Jablonski

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Community Development

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The changing structure of agriculture strains the historically close relationship between commodity agriculture and rural development. Meanwhile, growth in consumer interest for differentiated, value-added products has the potential to create community economic development opportunities. However, the evidence regarding the benefit of value-added programs for broader community wealth is mixed. We argue that the mixed findings result, in part, from differences in how "value-added" is defined. Value-added agriculture has been conceptualized in many ways. Taking a USfocused approach, we first review four main concepts: value-added, short food supply chain, values-based supply chain, and civic agriculture. Building on these, we present our definition of a value(s)added food and agriculture sector, incorporating three features: (1) Consumers make purchases that simultaneously provide utility and enable a price premium; (2) the shared principles among firms and their relational arrangement support the distribution of the value, and thus the premium, across the chain and between owners and employees (the use of "principles" or "values" prompts the "(s)" in our definition); and (3) supply chain actors have a demonstrated commitment to the community. We discuss how this definition contributes to debates in, and has implications for, community economic development policy.

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confidence: 97%