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The need for a transition to sustainable food systems is widely recognised. Over the last three decades, movements have been demanding and proposing a radical transformation, foregrounding the social values of food. Experiences inspired by solidarity economy have given rise to highly innovative pathways, grounded on the redefinition of the food-related values and practices and the reconstruction of local, community-based food systems by referring to social and ecological sustainability. One can usefully draw from these experiences for identifying challenges, opportunities and benefits and for analysing the most effective modes of action leading to the creation of alternatives. Capturing and supporting this innovation is particularly important when looking at the opportunities offered by local food policies. This significantly involves the meanings, goals and forms that food governance takes on. The paper aims at investigating these aspects, reading the initiatives inspired by SE principles as an example of social innovation. Their engagement in re-signifying food in terms of “commons” and in “commoning” food systems constitutes a complementary key of analysis. Focusing on the Italian context, the paper draws on many years of qualitative research and direct involvement in these initiatives. The analysis provides useful insights about the potential for change existing in society and invites us to develop reflexivity on how local food policies capture the opportunity for a re-politicisation of food-related issues.
Adanella Rossi; Mario Coscarello; Davide Biolghini. (Re)Commoning Food and Food Systems. The Contribution of Social Innovation from Solidarity Economy. Agriculture 2021, 11, 548 .
AMA StyleAdanella Rossi, Mario Coscarello, Davide Biolghini. (Re)Commoning Food and Food Systems. The Contribution of Social Innovation from Solidarity Economy. Agriculture. 2021; 11 (6):548.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdanella Rossi; Mario Coscarello; Davide Biolghini. 2021. "(Re)Commoning Food and Food Systems. The Contribution of Social Innovation from Solidarity Economy." Agriculture 11, no. 6: 548.
A. Rossi; R. Bocci; B. Bussi; G. De Santis; R. Franciolini; C. Pozzi. 30. New goals, roles and rules around agrobiodiversity management. Green metamorphoses: agriculture, food, ecology 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleA. Rossi, R. Bocci, B. Bussi, G. De Santis, R. Franciolini, C. Pozzi. 30. New goals, roles and rules around agrobiodiversity management. Green metamorphoses: agriculture, food, ecology. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleA. Rossi; R. Bocci; B. Bussi; G. De Santis; R. Franciolini; C. Pozzi. 2020. "30. New goals, roles and rules around agrobiodiversity management." Green metamorphoses: agriculture, food, ecology , no. : 1.
Agroecology represents a holistic approach in the transition to food system sustainability, integrating different dimensions, including knowledge creation, practices redefinition and social mobilisation. This study aims to explore the processes underlying the implementation of the agroecological approach and its transformative potential, focusing on the learning processes that lead to the development of new, shared systems of knowledge, values and beliefs, and to the growth of reflexivity and agency. It aims at deepening the understanding of these processes by analysing the reintroduction of agrobiodiversity in crop/food systems, considering this as a founding element of the agroecological model. Three initiatives located in Italy are investigated to that end. The study analyses role, mechanisms and potential of co-learning processes that develop within the multi-actor networks involved, uncovering enabling and hindering factors. It focuses on the role, reciprocal articulation and cumulative effects of three elements: actors involved and ways of interacting, types of knowledge mobilised and facilitation actions carried out. The findings highlight that the factors ensuring effectiveness of mutual learning, such as modes of actor interaction and, particularly, facilitation, are crucial. At the same time, the mechanisms that intervene seem increasingly complex, showing the need for deeper research and adequate forms of support.
Adanella Rossi. From Co-Learning to Shared Commitment to Agroecology. Some Insights from Initiatives Aimed at Reintroducing Agrobiodiversity. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7766 .
AMA StyleAdanella Rossi. From Co-Learning to Shared Commitment to Agroecology. Some Insights from Initiatives Aimed at Reintroducing Agrobiodiversity. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (18):7766.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdanella Rossi. 2020. "From Co-Learning to Shared Commitment to Agroecology. Some Insights from Initiatives Aimed at Reintroducing Agrobiodiversity." Sustainability 12, no. 18: 7766.
Agroecology calls for a global approach, integrating scientific, practical, and advocacy dimensions, to redesign agricultural systems based on ecological and socio-cultural processes and emphasizing biodiversity. This review is grounded on the results of DIVERSIFOOD, a European H2020 multi-actor research project, and explores the concept of cultivated diversity using various dimensions relevant to foster sustainable organic food systems and agro-ecological transition. From the evaluation of underutilized genetic resources and forgotten crops, DIVERSIFOOD has proposed plant breeding strategies, on-farm experimentation, and statistical tools to create new populations, landraces, and organic cultivars with intra-varietal diversity. The added value of Community Seed Banks and forms of collective seed management in Europe have been described in terms of goals and activities, and their value for improving seed regulations, treaties, and genetic resources management is discussed. In the context of the current agro-food system characterized by standardization, DIVERSIFOOD raised awareness of qualities of ‘biodiverse food systems’ in which all actors have a role to play. It highlighted the critical capacity to preserve a diversity of cultural values embodied in ‘biodiverse products’, thereby involving consumers in collective strategies for reviving diversity, and empowering all actors of organic food systems to really and efficiently implement research within their farms and networks.
Véronique Chable; Edwin Nuijten; Ambrogio Costanzo; Isabelle Goldringer; Riccardo Bocci; Bernadette Oehen; Frédéric Rey; Dionysia Fasoula; Judit Feher; Marjo Keskitalo; Beate Koller; Michalis Omirou; Pedro Mendes-Moreira; Gaëlle Van Frank; Abdel Kader Naino Jika; Mathieu Thomas; Adanella Rossi. Embedding Cultivated Diversity in Society for Agro-Ecological Transition. Sustainability 2020, 12, 784 .
AMA StyleVéronique Chable, Edwin Nuijten, Ambrogio Costanzo, Isabelle Goldringer, Riccardo Bocci, Bernadette Oehen, Frédéric Rey, Dionysia Fasoula, Judit Feher, Marjo Keskitalo, Beate Koller, Michalis Omirou, Pedro Mendes-Moreira, Gaëlle Van Frank, Abdel Kader Naino Jika, Mathieu Thomas, Adanella Rossi. Embedding Cultivated Diversity in Society for Agro-Ecological Transition. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):784.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVéronique Chable; Edwin Nuijten; Ambrogio Costanzo; Isabelle Goldringer; Riccardo Bocci; Bernadette Oehen; Frédéric Rey; Dionysia Fasoula; Judit Feher; Marjo Keskitalo; Beate Koller; Michalis Omirou; Pedro Mendes-Moreira; Gaëlle Van Frank; Abdel Kader Naino Jika; Mathieu Thomas; Adanella Rossi. 2020. "Embedding Cultivated Diversity in Society for Agro-Ecological Transition." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 784.
This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates the reasons why, and under what conditions, agroecological farming systems have the potential to produce higher incomes than farms that follow the conventional logic. This theoretical exposition is then followed by a presentation of empirical material from a wide range of European countries that shows the extent to which this potential is being realized. The empirical data draw upon different styles of farming that can be described as ‘proto-agroecological’: approaches to farming that are agroecological by nature, but which may not necessarily explicitly define themselves as agroecological. The empirical material that we present shows the huge potential and radical opportunities that Europe's, often silent, ‘agroecological turn’ offers to farmers that could (and should) be the basis for the future transformation of European agricultural policies, since agroecology not only allows for more sustainable production of healthier food but also considerably improves farmers' incomes. It equally carries the promise of re-enlarging productive agricultural (and related) employment and increasing the total income generated by the agricultural sector, at both regional and national levels. While we recognise that agroecology is a worldwide and multidimensional phenomenon we have chosen to limit this analysis to Europe and the economic dimension. This choice is made in order to refute current discourses that represent agroecology as unproductive and unprofitable and an option that would require massive subsidies.
Jan Douwe van der Ploeg; Dominique Barjolle; Janneke Bruil; Gianluca Brunori; Livia Madureira; Joost Dessein; Zbigniew Drąg; Andrea Fink-Kessler; Pierre Gasselin; Manuel Gonzalez de Molina; Krzysztof Gorlach; Karin Jürgens; Jim Kinsella; James Kirwan; Karlheinz Knickel; Véronique Lucas; Terry Marsden; Damian Maye; Paola Migliorini; Pierluigi Milone; Egon Bjørnshave Noe; Piotr Nowak; Nicholas Parrott; Alain Peeters; Adanella Rossi; Markus Schermer; Flaminia Ventura; Marjolein Visser; Alexander Wezel. The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe. Journal of Rural Studies 2019, 71, 46 -61.
AMA StyleJan Douwe van der Ploeg, Dominique Barjolle, Janneke Bruil, Gianluca Brunori, Livia Madureira, Joost Dessein, Zbigniew Drąg, Andrea Fink-Kessler, Pierre Gasselin, Manuel Gonzalez de Molina, Krzysztof Gorlach, Karin Jürgens, Jim Kinsella, James Kirwan, Karlheinz Knickel, Véronique Lucas, Terry Marsden, Damian Maye, Paola Migliorini, Pierluigi Milone, Egon Bjørnshave Noe, Piotr Nowak, Nicholas Parrott, Alain Peeters, Adanella Rossi, Markus Schermer, Flaminia Ventura, Marjolein Visser, Alexander Wezel. The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe. Journal of Rural Studies. 2019; 71 ():46-61.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJan Douwe van der Ploeg; Dominique Barjolle; Janneke Bruil; Gianluca Brunori; Livia Madureira; Joost Dessein; Zbigniew Drąg; Andrea Fink-Kessler; Pierre Gasselin; Manuel Gonzalez de Molina; Krzysztof Gorlach; Karin Jürgens; Jim Kinsella; James Kirwan; Karlheinz Knickel; Véronique Lucas; Terry Marsden; Damian Maye; Paola Migliorini; Pierluigi Milone; Egon Bjørnshave Noe; Piotr Nowak; Nicholas Parrott; Alain Peeters; Adanella Rossi; Markus Schermer; Flaminia Ventura; Marjolein Visser; Alexander Wezel. 2019. "The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe." Journal of Rural Studies 71, no. : 46-61.
While a number of works question the alterity of alternative food chains, little has been said about the social processes under which new economic models are, or may be, developed within the broader movement around ‘short food supply chains’ (SFCs) in Europe. Considering SFCs as economic organisations, we propose an analytical framework based on New Economic Sociology and Convention Theory, enriched by Social and Solidarity Economics, to capture the social construction of new economic models in such chains. We apply this framework to two case studies: an open-air market promoting short food supply chains in France, and a partnership between an agricultural cooperative and several solidarity purchase groups (GAS) in Italy. Analysing the trajectories of the two initiatives, we highlight the processes through which new economic models are jointly built via interactions between different actors. Our results open two lines of discussion: one concerning the ‘new economic models' that emerge from the two cases, a second regarding the actors' participation in elaborating and enacting these new models.
Yuna Chiffoleau; Sarah Millet-Amrani; Adanella Rossi; Marta Guadalupe Rivera-Ferre; Pedro Lopez Merino. The participatory construction of new economic models in short food supply chains. Journal of Rural Studies 2019, 68, 182 -190.
AMA StyleYuna Chiffoleau, Sarah Millet-Amrani, Adanella Rossi, Marta Guadalupe Rivera-Ferre, Pedro Lopez Merino. The participatory construction of new economic models in short food supply chains. Journal of Rural Studies. 2019; 68 ():182-190.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuna Chiffoleau; Sarah Millet-Amrani; Adanella Rossi; Marta Guadalupe Rivera-Ferre; Pedro Lopez Merino. 2019. "The participatory construction of new economic models in short food supply chains." Journal of Rural Studies 68, no. : 182-190.
Reconfiguration of power relations is crucial to transformations in agro-food systems. In this paper, we propose a conceptual basis for understanding this relation, building on the approaches to power of transition studies and other strands of studies. We explore the conditions for reconfigurations to occur by analysing three cases, concerning participatory plant breeding in Italy, public food procurement in France and diversification of agrifood chains in Wales. We highlight the critical importance of creating enabling relational environments, where power reconfiguration can occur. Within this new configuration, new, diverse sources of power are mobilized and new practices and institutions are co-constructed and legitimised, establishing the conditions for new socio-technical trajectories to emerge and for further transformative potential to develop. Our results show that a more variegated and dynamic configuration of power relations is needed. Transformations of agrifood systems depend on the variety of interactions that, in a multi-scale and dynamic dimension and through the play of the different forms of power, may develop among the actors involved. Understanding these processes and the implications that they show in terms of governance is critical.
Adanella Rossi; Sibylle Bui; Terry Marsden. Redefining power relations in agrifood systems. Journal of Rural Studies 2019, 68, 147 -158.
AMA StyleAdanella Rossi, Sibylle Bui, Terry Marsden. Redefining power relations in agrifood systems. Journal of Rural Studies. 2019; 68 ():147-158.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdanella Rossi; Sibylle Bui; Terry Marsden. 2019. "Redefining power relations in agrifood systems." Journal of Rural Studies 68, no. : 147-158.
The complexity of the transition to more sustainable food systems has taken multiple trajectories, differently driven and oriented. In this scenario, innovation pathways promoted at the grassroots level and based on collective action driven by social purposes appear to carry a strong transformative capacity. Considered as expressions of social innovation, their study has been approached through different theoretical frameworks. By referring to some of these, and in particular to the developments of transition theories, we analyse the innovation pathways involving the wheat-bread value chain in Tuscany (Italy). The analysis sheds light on the relevance of the nature of social innovation carried out by grassroots initiatives in their pursuing radical change aimed at deeply redefining production-consumption practices through social interaction, to meet socially shared needs and achieving several social benefits. The paper also analyses the factors and mechanisms underlying the change processes this innovation has triggered in the mainstream system, focusing on the so-called “anchoring” process. Through this analysis, the work aims at improving the understanding of the transformative potential of social innovation.
Adanella Rossi; Riccardo Bocci. transformative potential of social innovation. The case of wheat and bread value chain in Tuscany. The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleAdanella Rossi, Riccardo Bocci. transformative potential of social innovation. The case of wheat and bread value chain in Tuscany. The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food. 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdanella Rossi; Riccardo Bocci. 2018. "transformative potential of social innovation. The case of wheat and bread value chain in Tuscany." The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food , no. : 1.
Preserving agro-biodiversity can contribute to the broader goal of protecting and enhancing biodiversity. Acknowledging and managing the complexity of values connected to agro-biodiversity, translating them in coherent practices, is the key to its conservation and valorisation. These processes may take place at different stages of agro-biodiversity management and interact with other factors, dynamics and processes that intervene in it. This study presents the EU funded DIVERSIFOOD project as an exemplification of the comprehensive approach that is needed to effectively preserve and enhance agro-biodiversity. The main objective of the project is to deepen the factors and processes of various nature that can support the reintroduction of biodiversity in cropping systems, improve its management and promote a social and economic valorisation of final food products. To that end, the project explores the processes underlying the re-shaping of practices according to the objective of agro-biodiversity enhancement in all the stages of the food chain. The need to consider the different perspectives on values and ways of preserving agro-biodiversity, together with the development of new shared knowledge and practices underlies the adoption of participatory, multi-actors approaches to each of these stages. Similarly, an inter-disciplinary approach, aimed at combining natural sciences and social sciences characterises the work of researchers.
Gianluca Brunori; Adanella Rossi; Simona D’Amico. A Comprehensive and Participatory Approach to the Valorisation of Biodiverse Products. LITES - Legal Issues in Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies 2018, 3 -22.
AMA StyleGianluca Brunori, Adanella Rossi, Simona D’Amico. A Comprehensive and Participatory Approach to the Valorisation of Biodiverse Products. LITES - Legal Issues in Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies. 2018; ():3-22.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGianluca Brunori; Adanella Rossi; Simona D’Amico. 2018. "A Comprehensive and Participatory Approach to the Valorisation of Biodiverse Products." LITES - Legal Issues in Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies , no. : 3-22.
The newly-emerged ethical foodscape includes multiple expressions of innovation around food. With reference to the Italian context, this paper focuses on the transformative potential of the experiences of social innovation, innovative grassroots initiatives, which have been significantly contributed to shaping the food culture and production-consumption practices during the last two decades. While still consolidating their fundamentals and facing the challenge of growth, the networks behind them continue to be engaged in an effort of innovation, inside and outside their niche. The paper explores these dynamics. Understanding how these networks are managing their transformative capacity and what are the opportunities and challenges arising in the relation with the mainstream system may help to better capture and value the potential of this innovation niche, drawing useful lessons for fostering its expression and for a broader transition to more equitable and sustainable food systems.
Adanella Rossi. Beyond Food Provisioning: The Transformative Potential of Grassroots Innovation around Food. Agriculture 2017, 7, 6 .
AMA StyleAdanella Rossi. Beyond Food Provisioning: The Transformative Potential of Grassroots Innovation around Food. Agriculture. 2017; 7 (1):6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdanella Rossi. 2017. "Beyond Food Provisioning: The Transformative Potential of Grassroots Innovation around Food." Agriculture 7, no. 1: 6.
This article aims at analyzing the innovation potential of a local food network, which sees different actors that cooperate to build a local organic food production-provision system and progressively develop a broader mobilization on food issues, health and sustainability. The case analyzed is that of Crisoperla, an association located in Italy, between Tuscany and Liguria, which involves organic farmers, social farming and fishermen cooperatives, consumers’ groups and association and agronomists. The analysis is based on the empirical data collected in the 3-year European project SOLINSA (FP7, 2011–2014). The focus is on the role of organic farming and organic food as a boundary object, a binder element around which actors involved work in order to develop common visions, languages and goals and organize their activities. These processes are, in fact, at the basis of the organizational consolidation of the association as well as of the growth of its political awareness and its willingness and capacity to interact with the outside both at local and higher levels
Elena Favilli; Adanella Rossi; Gianluca Brunori. Food networks: collective action and local development. The role of organic farming as boundary object. Organic Agriculture 2015, 5, 235 -243.
AMA StyleElena Favilli, Adanella Rossi, Gianluca Brunori. Food networks: collective action and local development. The role of organic farming as boundary object. Organic Agriculture. 2015; 5 (3):235-243.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElena Favilli; Adanella Rossi; Gianluca Brunori. 2015. "Food networks: collective action and local development. The role of organic farming as boundary object." Organic Agriculture 5, no. 3: 235-243.
In this paper we analyse the role that ‘food security’ has played in the evolution of the food discourse in Italy, a country with a strong and internationally recognized food culture. We identify three phases of this evolution: in the first phase, from the end of the Second World War to the end of the 1980s, the ‘modernization’ frame, with its emphasis on productivity and the industrial organization of production, dominates in a context populated mainly by agricultural actors. A second phase, characterised by the ‘turn to quality’, encourages the development of a ‘Made in Italy food consensus’. In this phase, food security mainly concerns food safety and conservation of national food identity. The third phase is characterised by a response to the pressures generated by the 2006–2008 food crisis and the subsequent recession. In this phase food security becomes a key element of a new consensus frame, which links together pieces of discourse that often existed in separate fields of activity and policy. The analysis is carried out within a conceptual framework that focuses attention on the co-evolution between discourse and discursive coalitions in a progressive overlapping between ‘public sphere’ and ‘market sphere’.
Gianluca Brunori; Vanessa Malandrin; Adanella Rossi. Trade-off or convergence? The role of food security in the evolution of food discourse in Italy. Journal of Rural Studies 2013, 29, 19 -29.
AMA StyleGianluca Brunori, Vanessa Malandrin, Adanella Rossi. Trade-off or convergence? The role of food security in the evolution of food discourse in Italy. Journal of Rural Studies. 2013; 29 ():19-29.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGianluca Brunori; Vanessa Malandrin; Adanella Rossi. 2013. "Trade-off or convergence? The role of food security in the evolution of food discourse in Italy." Journal of Rural Studies 29, no. : 19-29.
In recent years new types of consumer–producer cooperation in food networks have emerged in which consumers play an active role in the operation and thereby clearly go beyond food provisioning as such. Examples include consumer co-ops and solidarity buying groups of local and organic food, community-supported agriculture and collective urban gardening initiatives. These initiatives raise important new questions that cannot be adequately resolved within existing theoretical perspectives based on concepts such as ‘alternative food networks’, ‘short food supply chains’ or ‘local food systems’. This article explores possible new analytical frameworks for the study of contemporary dynamics in food networks and develops the concept of ‘civic food networks’ as an overarching concept to explore contemporary dynamics and sources of innovation within agri-food networks. Building on the empirical diversity of initiatives, this introduction to the Special Issue argues that the role of civil society as a governance mechanism for agri-food networks has increased in significance compared to market and state actors. Moreover, expressions of ‘food citizenship’ are reshaping the relation between food practices and the market as well as with public institutions in ways that go beyond material and economic exchange and that contribute to a ‘moralization’ (or even ‘civilization’) of food economies.
Henk Renting; Markus Schermer; Adanella Rossi. Building Food Democracy: Exploring Civic Food Networks and Newly Emerging Forms of Food Citizenship. The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food 2012, 289 -307.
AMA StyleHenk Renting, Markus Schermer, Adanella Rossi. Building Food Democracy: Exploring Civic Food Networks and Newly Emerging Forms of Food Citizenship. The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food. 2012; ():289-307.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHenk Renting; Markus Schermer; Adanella Rossi. 2012. "Building Food Democracy: Exploring Civic Food Networks and Newly Emerging Forms of Food Citizenship." The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food , no. : 289-307.
The chapter explores the linkages between farming systems and agri-food chains in a territorial development context. Lock-in effects within the current agri-food system are analysed through a socio-historical analysis. Then the experiences of emergent, still relatively small-scale, alternative food networks are assessed in terms of their transformative potential to enable sustainable food systems at a larger scale. Finally, the analysis focuses on the transition processes of agri-food systems at the territorial scale and considers the changes needed in governance modes. The chapter underlines the interdependencies and possible complementarities between the various actors of agri-food systems from production to consumption, including intermediaries as well as public policies and civil society. It emphasizes the transition and governance aspects involved.
Claire Lamine; Henk Renting; Adanella Rossi; J. S. C. (Han) Wiskerke; Gianluca Brunori. Agri-Food systems and territorial development: innovations, new dynamics and changing governance mechanisms. Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic 2012, 229 -256.
AMA StyleClaire Lamine, Henk Renting, Adanella Rossi, J. S. C. (Han) Wiskerke, Gianluca Brunori. Agri-Food systems and territorial development: innovations, new dynamics and changing governance mechanisms. Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic. 2012; ():229-256.
Chicago/Turabian StyleClaire Lamine; Henk Renting; Adanella Rossi; J. S. C. (Han) Wiskerke; Gianluca Brunori. 2012. "Agri-Food systems and territorial development: innovations, new dynamics and changing governance mechanisms." Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic , no. : 229-256.
This article aims at analysing the features and the dynamics of those alternative agri‐food networks in which consumers act as initiators. Drawing on a survey of ongoing initiatives at national level and on evidence from empirical fieldwork in a specific territorial context showing a variegated and dynamic reality at this regard (Tuscany), the article analyses consumers' evolving attitudes and behaviour, around and even beyond food, unfolding during their involvement in these initiatives. In particular, it focuses on the experience of the solidarity‐based purchasing groups, consumers' organisations promoted by groups of citizens aiming at getting control of the food they consume. Using an actor–network perspective, the article analyses how purchasing and consumption routines change when consumers join these initiatives. The article also discusss the potential of these initiatives as drivers of change along with the following questions: to what extent do these initiatives challenge dominant food practices and system governance? On what basis are these initiatives sustainable and are replicable in different contexts? How can they foster other forms of civic engagement? In this regard, the article tests a transition management approach, considering solidarity‐based purchasing groups as socio‐technical niches within broader socio‐technical regimes in a macro landscape characterised by the globalisation of the food system. In particular, it analyses the critical points where niches enter in conflict with existing socio‐technical regimes, and the way in which these groups act to remove legal, technological and cultural barriers to their development.
Gianluca Brunori; Adanella Rossi; Francesca Guidi. On the New Social Relations around and beyond Food. Analysing Consumers' Role and Action in Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale (Solidarity Purchasing Groups). Sociologia Ruralis 2011, 52, 1 -30.
AMA StyleGianluca Brunori, Adanella Rossi, Francesca Guidi. On the New Social Relations around and beyond Food. Analysing Consumers' Role and Action in Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale (Solidarity Purchasing Groups). Sociologia Ruralis. 2011; 52 (1):1-30.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGianluca Brunori; Adanella Rossi; Francesca Guidi. 2011. "On the New Social Relations around and beyond Food. Analysing Consumers' Role and Action in Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale (Solidarity Purchasing Groups)." Sociologia Ruralis 52, no. 1: 1-30.
There is a growing consensus that organic farming is undergoing critical changes as it is integrated into food chains. A situation of 'deadly embrace' between organic and retail chains can be observed and explained by the appropriation of both the alternative values and the economic benefits associated with the organic food production by the 'dominant' actors within the conventional agro-food arena. The case we have analysed underlines the importance for the organic sector to find innovative organisational patterns in order to meet the challenges entailed with the process of growth and development while preserving the authenticity of the values embedded in a traditional – even not organic – production system.
Gianluca Brunori; Raffaella Cerruti; Stefania Medeot; Adanella Rossi. Looking for alternatives: the construction of the organic beef chain in Mugello, Tuscany. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 2008, 7, 126 .
AMA StyleGianluca Brunori, Raffaella Cerruti, Stefania Medeot, Adanella Rossi. Looking for alternatives: the construction of the organic beef chain in Mugello, Tuscany. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology. 2008; 7 (1/2):126.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGianluca Brunori; Raffaella Cerruti; Stefania Medeot; Adanella Rossi. 2008. "Looking for alternatives: the construction of the organic beef chain in Mugello, Tuscany." International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 7, no. 1/2: 126.
One of the key factors for the success of development strategies in rural areas is the setting up of appropriate governance patterns, whose main outcome is a fluid communication between public and private organisations and an effective integration of objectives and policies. Through a 'post-rural' approach, this paper aims to analyse an attempt to reconfigure patterns of governance taking place in a well-known rural area, the Chianti (Tuscany, Italy). The Chianti can be considered as a typical example of a post-rural area, characterised by a highly complex civil society, with a large number of organisations representing their constituencies' interests, which strongly characterise the local social and economic processes. In this area wine is the most important industry, both for its weight in terms of added value and employment but also for the multiplier effects that its reputation has on the overall economy, and local wine elites have historically had a strong hold on local society. Along with rural change leading to social and economic diversification and growing administrative complexity, the dominance of wine elites is challenged by a coalition of actors led by the mayors of the local municipalities. The resulting struggle for hegemony is played out through an intense inside/outside interaction, which contributes to continuous attempts to redefine local identities. The paper explores the role that the building of social representations of rurality by local elites plays in the creation of new rural governance patterns in the are
Gianluca Brunori; Adanella Rossi. Differentiating countryside: Social representations and governance patterns in rural areas with high social density: The case of Chianti, Italy. Journal of Rural Studies 2007, 23, 183 -205.
AMA StyleGianluca Brunori, Adanella Rossi. Differentiating countryside: Social representations and governance patterns in rural areas with high social density: The case of Chianti, Italy. Journal of Rural Studies. 2007; 23 (2):183-205.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGianluca Brunori; Adanella Rossi. 2007. "Differentiating countryside: Social representations and governance patterns in rural areas with high social density: The case of Chianti, Italy." Journal of Rural Studies 23, no. 2: 183-205.
A wine route can be seen as a network established around the theme of wine. The impressive economic impact that the establishment of the Costa degli Etruschi wine route has had on the farms involved is traced back in this article to the collective action that produces synergies and coherence. Synergies can be defined as linkages between two or more entities, whose joint effort produces quantitatively and qualitatively higher effects than those produced by the efforts of the same entities alone. Coherence is a quality belonging to the elements that constitute the context of action in successful rural development practices: natural and man‐made environment, social networks, and symbolic systems. The process of creating coherence is not without conflict, and the article contends that the establishment of coherence needs a hegemonic strategy that involves all sources of empowerment and particularly cultural codes.
Gianluca Brunori; Adanella Rossi. Synergy and Coherence through Collective Action: Some Insights from Wine Routes in Tuscany. Sociologia Ruralis 2000, 40, 409 -423.
AMA StyleGianluca Brunori, Adanella Rossi. Synergy and Coherence through Collective Action: Some Insights from Wine Routes in Tuscany. Sociologia Ruralis. 2000; 40 (4):409-423.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGianluca Brunori; Adanella Rossi. 2000. "Synergy and Coherence through Collective Action: Some Insights from Wine Routes in Tuscany." Sociologia Ruralis 40, no. 4: 409-423.