Scaling up alternative food networks: farmers’ markets and the role of clustering in western Canada

Beckie, Mary; Kennedy, Emily Huddart; Wittman, Hannah

doi:10.1007/s10460-012-9359-9

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“…Overall, participants in AFNs should strengthen inter-group learning and cross-group network building similar to what Beckie et al (2012) found in the case of Canada. This would stimulate knowledge flows among groups with similar goals to share suitable organizational practices and solutions against common constraints.…”

Section: Recommendations For Policy-makers and Leaders In Alternativesupporting

confidence: 52%

Understanding the organization of sharing economy in agri-food systems: evidence from alternative food networks in Valencia

Dentoni

Pascucci

2017

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Section: Recommendations For Policy-makers and Leaders In Alternativesupporting

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Understanding the organization of sharing economy in agri-food systems: evidence from alternative food networks in Valencia

Dentoni

Pascucci

2017

Agric Hum Values

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“…Socialsector collaborations that result in innovative strategies to address challenges of scale, scope, infrastructure, and organizational capacity, and also foster synergies between social, economic, and environmental resources, are prevalent in AFNs (Beckie, Kennedy & Wittman, 2012;Sonnino & Griggs-Trevarthen, 2013). The social economy, which refers to organizations such as cooperatives, nonprofit organizations, and charities, has been used to advance equity concerns regarding access to local food, but not without challenges.…”

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Building Resilience in Nonprofit Food Hubs

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Food hubs serve as intermediaries between market actors in the aggregation and distribution of local food. Scholars have identified four common food hub models: retail-driven, nonprofit-driven, producer-driven, and consumer-driven. The nonprofit sector has played a prominent role in emerging alternative food networks such as food hubs. This research uses qualitative methods to analyze the development of nonprofit food hubs in Vermont, as well as potential challenges faced and opportunities gained by this model.The results suggest that nonprofit food hubs in Vermont can foster the awareness and education necessary to create and expand a thriving community food system, allowing multiple actors to participate at multiple levels. In this way, nonprofit food hubs provide a vehicle for cooperation between farmers and consumers. The most successful food hubs are those that develop within existing organizations; through the multifunctionality of the organization, the food hub can help educate consumers and producers and foster relationships that can lead to an increase in a local food system's capacity. Analysis reveals that although nonprofit food hubs offer the potential to positively impact local food systems, there are key areas of perceived vulnerability that threaten the overall resilience of this model. Recommended interventions for building resilience in nonprofit food hubs include technical assistance, a Jacqueline LeBlanc, MS, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont. Jacqueline works for both Yellow Wood Associates, Inc., a rural community economic development consulting firm based in Vermont, and Feast Down East, a nonprofit food hub in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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“…In this way, FMs may contribute to a move away from a dominant industrial food system to one that offers spaces for alternative "green" economic relationships (Morris and Kirwan 2011;Alkon 2012). FMs can also support rural and urban community development (Hinrichs et al 2004;Alkon 2008;Stephenson 2008;Beckie et al 2012).…”

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Metropolitan farmers markets in Minneapolis and Vienna: a values-based comparison

2017

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Scaling up alternative food networks: farmers’ markets and the role of clustering in western Canada

Cited by 107 publications

References 51 publications

Understanding the organization of sharing economy in agri-food systems: evidence from alternative food networks in Valencia

Understanding the organization of sharing economy in agri-food systems: evidence from alternative food networks in Valencia

Building Resilience in Nonprofit Food Hubs

Metropolitan farmers markets in Minneapolis and Vienna: a values-based comparison

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