Hi,
I'm trying to build a study on a two neighbour city system, each city is implementing a different strategy for developing it's own Local Food System.
One has a Bottom-up approach and the other a Top-down. They share some producers and some people.
I'm trying to find case studies and literature about the subject.
Thanks.
Hi Sergio,
Here attached are a couple of case study papers of mine that show the bottom-up attempt to establish a local food system. Also a good reference for you to consider is: Gliessman, S. R. 2015. Agroecology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture. 3rd. Ed., An Arbor Press, Chelsea, MI.
The last section (VI): Bringing about a sustainable world food system (chapters 24, 25, 26) are (in my opinion) a "must read" with a lot of additional references that you may find of interest as well.
Dear Sergio,
these articles might be also of interest for you:
Zasada, I., Schmutz, U., Wascher, D., Kneafsey, M., Corsi, S., Mazzocchi, C., ... & Piorr, A. (2017). Food beyond the city–Analysing foodsheds and self-sufficiency for different food system scenarios in European metropolitan regions. City, Culture and Society.
Monaco, F., Zasada, I., Wascher, D., Glavan, M., Pintar, M., Schmutz, U., ... & Sali, G. (2017). Food production and consumption: City regions between localism, agricultural land displacement, and economic competitiveness. Sustainability, 9(1), 96.
Doernberg, A., Zasada, I., Bruszewska, K., Skoczowski, B., & Piorr, A. (2016). Potentials and limitations of regional organic food supply: A qualitative analysis of two food chain types in the Berlin metropolitan region. Sustainability, 8(11), 1125.
Different kind of top-down and bottom-up data we used once in an assessment of food sustainability in Germany:
Meier, T., O. Christen, E. Semler, G. Jahreis, L. Voget-Kleschin, A. Schrode, M. Artmann (2014): Balancing virtual land imports by a shift in the diet: Using a land balance approach to assess the sustainability of food consumption. In: Appetite 74: 20-34.
Meier, T., O. Christen (2013): Environmental Impacts of Dietary Recommendations and Dietary Styles: Germany As an Example. In: Environ. Sci. Technol 47 (2): 877–888.
Kind regards
Toni
Hi,
this project may be of interest to you:
http://www.northsearegion.eu/reframe/news/reframe-progress-towards-a-regional-food-frame/
Kind regards
Elena Cavagnaro
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