Review
Food Science & Technology
Eva-Marie Meemken, Christopher B. Barrett, Hope C. Michelson, Matin Qaim, Thomas Reardon, Jorge Sellare
Summary: Sustainability standards have varying effects on different supply chain actors and crops, but are insufficient to ensure food system sustainability and equity objectives in agrifood supply chains. The ongoing proliferation of certification schemes in the food sector calls for continuous evaluation of their impacts.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Irene Kuhmonen, Tuomas Kuhmonen
Summary: This study explores the history of the Finnish agrifood system and identifies six regimes from the 14th century onwards. Each regime initially provided new opportunities for actors, but over time, these opportunities became vulnerabilities. Pathdependency and rigidity led to the collapse of the system when external shocks coincided with rigidity. The current agrifood regime in Finland shows path-dependency and rigidity, and alternative visions for a sustainable future need to be outlined.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Urban Studies
Anke Brons, Koen van Der Gaast, Harrison Awuh, Jan Eelco Jansma, Claudia Segreto, Sigrid Wertheim-Heck
Summary: This paper explores the role of urban living labs (ULLs) as a methodological platform in promoting citizen engagement in healthy and sustainable urban food systems. The ULLs can facilitate inclusive citizen engagement in two ways: through daily life and by breaking away from daily life, thereby strengthening the breadth and depth of citizen engagement.
Article
Geography
Ho Hong Lien, Yann de Mey, Miranda P. M. Meuwissen, Simon R. Bush
Summary: This paper examines the impact of private sustainability interventions on smallholder farmers' information practices in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture. The findings reveal that the prescribed reporting methodologies do not align with the existing practices, undermining their effectiveness. The paper suggests that understanding information practices is crucial for redesigning interventions and improving shrimp sustainability.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Mara E. M. Braga, Marisa C. Gaspar, Herminio C. de Sousa
Summary: Supercritical fluid technology is widely used in the food industry for processing and preserving food products and monitoring food quality. Carbon dioxide is the main solvent used under supercritical conditions. Various applications have been researched, from decaffeinating coffee to micronizing vanilla, and even innovative processes like protein-based snack extrusion and beetroot drying. The gap between research and industrial applications is mainly due to a lack of understanding about food chemical changes during these processes and limited technical data. However, this field is expanding rapidly, and in the future, we may see a menu composed of meals prepared using supercritical methods.
CURRENT OPINION IN FOOD SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Ingrid Kelling, Marylyn Carrigan, Andrew F. Johnson
Summary: Seafood is crucial for global food systems, but its supply system faces multiple challenges that require policy interventions. Sustainable seafood models, promoting local seafood, and diversifying sourcing and distribution are key actions to address these challenges.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Michel T. Q. M. Assis, Maria Raquel Lucas, Maria Jose M. Rainho
Summary: This article conducts a meta-analysis on the relationships of trust among stakeholders in agrifood supply chains, aiming to obtain data from previous publications and justify future research. The bibliometric study analyzes 277 documents from Scopus and Web of Science databases, providing data on main authors, sources, methodologies, and trends for future research.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Steven R. McGreevy, Christoph D. D. Rupprecht, Daniel Niles, Arnim Wiek, Michael Carolan, Giorgos Kallis, Kanang Kantamaturapoj, Astrid Mangnus, Petr Jehlicka, Oliver Taherzadeh, Marlyne Sahakian, Ilan Chabay, Ashley Colby, Jose-Luis Vivero-Pol, Rajat Chaudhuri, Maximilian Spiegelberg, Mai Kobayashi, Balint Balazs, Kazuaki Tsuchiya, Clara Nicholls, Keiko Tanaka, Joost Vervoort, Motoki Akitsu, Hein Mallee, Kazuhiko Ota, Rika Shinkai, Ashlesha Khadse, Norie Tamura, Ken-ichi Abe, Miguel Altieri, Yo-Ichiro Sato, Masashi Tachikawa
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of sustainable agrifood systems in redefining the interactions between humanity and nature in the twenty-first century, and presents an agenda and examples for the comprehensive redesign of agrifood systems based on principles of sufficiency, regeneration, distribution, commons and care.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
E. Desiderio, L. Garcia-Herrero, D. Hall, A. Segre, M. Vittuari
Summary: This article reviews the current state of social sustainability in food supply chains and analyzes the tools and indicators used for measurement. The results show variations in the quantity and quality of social sustainability tools and indicators across different stages of the supply chain, highlighting the need for consistent social sustainability throughout the entire chain.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Juliette Brun, Marie-Helene Jeuffroy, Caroline Penicaud, Marianne Cerf, Jean-Marc Meynard
Summary: Researchers studying agriculture and food have common interests in sustainability of agrifood systems, but often struggle to collaborate due to specialization and disconnect. This paper presents a method for exploring cross-community research topics and proposes twenty priority topics to address sustainability challenges and foster innovation.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Joan Moranta, David Florido-del-Corral, Lucia Lopez-Lopez, Silvia Gomez, Julio Agujetas, Marta Albo-Puigserver, Zoe W. Brent, Lamine Bathily, Rita Calvario, Marta Cavalle, Marta Coll, Annya Crane, Ericka C. L. de Oliveira, Irmak Ertor, Paloma Herrera-Racionero, Francisco Leitao, Lluis Miret-Pastor, Beatriz Patraca, Miquel Ortega, Jose J. Pascual-Fernandez, Jaime Ramon-Bruquetas, Jorge Saez-Jimenez, Abdoulaye Seck-Papalaye, Sebastian Villasante
Summary: Transformative changes are necessary to address the current diet-environment-health challenge. Strengthening the links in the food chain and establishing solid alliances between production and consumption are crucial to design alternative food systems.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Monika Zurek, Jonathan Wirths, Aniek Hebinck, Scarlett Crawford, Preetmoninder Lidder, P. V. Vara Prasad, Pablo Tittonell, Mario Herrero, Julia Compton
Summary: Investments in research and innovation are crucial for sustainable agrifood systems and achieving sustainable development goals, but investors often neglect environmental and social objectives. System-oriented approaches are needed to guide and identify more sustainable innovations. This article presents a set of principles for agrifood research and innovation, aiming to guide investors in selecting more sustainable innovations.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Douglas H. Constance
Summary: The Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society and the journal Agriculture and Human Values played a crucial role in providing an intellectual space for interdisciplinary critique of the industrial agrifood system. This paper introduces the concept of The Doctors of Agrifood Studies as a metaphor for the important role played by critical agrifood social scientists in documenting the unsustainability of conventional agriculture and working towards creating a sustainable and ethical agrifood system. It also discusses the Critical Turn in agrifood studies and examines the tension between food security and food sovereignty discourses and movements.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Gema Gonzalez-Romero, Rocio Silva-Perez, Fulgencio Canovas-Garcia
Summary: This article presents a methodological approach for locating, characterising, and evaluating multifunctional agrifood systems in the Spanish State administrative scale. The approach is based on sustainability and identifies dimensions and attributes of these systems. The research reveals internal territorial contrasts and differentiated features in these systems, with three basic models initially identified. A fourth mixed metropolitan-mountain model is also discovered. The study emphasizes the importance of complex and multi-scale approaches in studying these models, with state scales being the most suitable for analysis. Recognition of these approaches by public policies is deemed essential.
Review
Fisheries
Karen A. Alexander
Summary: The concept of 'Social License to Operate' (SLO) is widely used in the vocabulary of natural resource development worldwide. This study focuses on Tasmania as a case study to investigate SLO in aquaculture and to reflect on the lessons learnt. The findings show that aquaculture SLO depends on various factors such as messaging, perceptions, industry context, and trustworthiness of actors. The study suggests that industry and government messaging should consider a broader range of factors beyond just economic and environmental sustainability.
