Are local food systems more sustainable? Gianluca Brunori This research was funded under the GLAMUR project (Global and Local food chain Assessment: a Multidimensional performance-based approach—http://www.glamur.eu/) as part of the EU 7th Framework Programme (Grant Agreement No.: 311778).
Are local food systems more sustainable than global food systems?
Jan 23, 2018
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Are local food systems more sustainable?
Gianluca Brunori
This research was funded under the GLAMUR project (Global and Local food chain Assessment: a Multidimensional performance-based approach—http://www.glamur.eu/) as part of the EU 7th Framework Programme (Grant Agreement
No.: 311778).
Multidimensionality of sustainability
Economic Social Environmntal Health
1. Affordability2. Creation and
distribution of added value
3. Economicdevelopment
4. Efficiency5. Profitability6. Resilience
7. Food security8. Consumer behaviour9. Territoriality10. Connection11. Labour relations
12. Resource use13. Pollution14. Biodiversity15. Technologicalinnovation16. Food waste
17. Nutrition18. Food safety19. Traceability
20. Animal welfare 21. Responsibility 22. Fair trade 23. Information and communication 24. Governance
Ethical
What have we learnt?
1. Local is a slippery conceptGlobal :
Feed proteins / global
restaurants
Continental:
Cereals, Retailing
Local:
Milk production
Milk processing
Gruyere cheese
2. Local and global are not separated entities
Attributes
Creation and distrib added value (ADD)
Affordability (AFF)
Biodiversity (BIOD)
Contribution to ec develop (ECON)
Efficiency and Resource Use (EFF)
Pollution (POLL)
Resilience (RESI)
Food safety (SAFE)
Governance (GOV)
Labour relations (LABOUR)
Information and Communication (I&C)
Technological innovation (TI)
Nutrition (NUTR)
Animal welfare (AW)
Territoriality (TERR)
3. Local is not sustainable per se
4. Assessment is a key to sustainability, but science-based assessment is not
enough
• Does not capture multidimensionality
• Does not take into account multiple valuesand multiple interests
• Does not engage people at all levels
What will be the role of local food in food policies?
Scenario 1:Business as usual
• Adjustment of existing regulations• Embodiment of the local into corporate strategies
Scenario 2:Sustainability shapes the food system
• Reengineering food governance• Reengineering skills and data
governance
Market
Civilsociety
State
Scenario 3:Free trade and affordability discourses
prevail
Local food as basis for food movements and niches
Thank you!
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