Stayin’ Alive: New Associations in Southern Lapland Farming

Abstract

Despite diminishing in overall numbers, the persistence of local agriculture in Swedish upland areas forces us to investigate how farmers have adapted their specific style of farming to the requirements of contemporary food production and consumption. The emergence of short food supply chains (SFSC) and the evolution of consumer attitudes with regard to environmental protection, climate change and animal welfare have opened new opportunities for rescaling the food sustainability debate in the periphery at the community and landscape levels. Against this background, this chapter departs from the myth of ‘upland farming demise’ and delves deeper into the lively new scene of upland producers pursuing farm-based lifestyles.

Keywords

Alternative food networks; Food sustainability; Periphery; Short food supply chains; Upland farming

Published in

Title: Dipping in to the North : Living, Working and Traveling in Sparsely Populated Areas
Publisher: Springer Singapore

SLU Authors

• Dubois, Alexandre

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Human Geography
Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6623-3_12
• ISBN: 9789811566226
• eISBN: 978-981-15-6623-3

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/129838