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- Title
Researching European ‘alternative’ food networks: some methodological considerations.
- Authors
Venn, Laura; Kneafsey, Moya; Holloway, Lewis; Cox, Rosie; Dowler, Elizabeth; Tuomainen, Helena
- Abstract
Recent European literature on ‘alternative’ food networks (AFNs) draws heavily upon an apparently accessible and diverse body of non-conventional food networks in the agro-food sector and whilst researchers frequently refer to individual examples of farmers markets, box schemes, producer cooperatives and community-supported agriculture projects, less attention is given to the methodological processes that facilitate the identification and examination of these networks. From the preliminary stages of a research project focusing on examples of AFNs, 2 this paper examines the process of operationalizing AFNs research and reviews the difficulties associated with identifying, comparing and characterizing AFNs.
- Subjects
EUROPE; EUROPEAN literature; FARMERS' markets; PRODUCER cooperatives; RURAL industries; AGRICULTURAL information networks
- Publication
Area, 2006, Vol 38, Issue 3, p248
- ISSN
0004-0894
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00694.x