Dubois, Alexandre
- Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
This paper examines the social and organizational innovation processes undertaken by small-scale producers engaged in short food supply chains in the North Swedish region of Vasterbotten. The study uses the notion of proximity to empirically analyse and conceptually explore these phenomena. The paper illustrates the 'new associationalism' mobilized by producers in order to promote knowledge exchange and learning and highlights the role of translocal practices in sustaining this transition. The study found that open and trusted interactions with consumers are central to the development of 'quasi-organic' practices, and that producers belong to numerous motley associations of food professionals facilitating the creation of collective meanings about near-produced quality food. The paper contributes to the rapprochement between agri-food studies and human geography to understand the formation of local food systems from an evolutionary and relational perspective.
Nyckelord
Organized proximity; Short food supply chain; Social innovation; Organic farming; External knowledge
Publicerad i
Agriculture and Human Values
2019, volym: 36, nummer: 4, sidor: 763-778
Utgivare: SPRINGER
SLU författare
Globala målen (SDG)
UKÄ forskningsämne
Övriga andra lantbruksrelaterade vetenskaper
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-019-09953-y
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/102612