A Socially-Based Redesign of Sustainable Food Practices: Community Supported Agriculture in Italy

Several grassroots initiatives in the last two decades have shown the need for different food practices that should be locally based and founded on ethical goals of social and environmental justice. Among the many “alternative food networks”, the Community Supported Agriculture model is particularly...

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Autores principales:	Alessandra Piccoli, Adanella Rossi, Angela Genova
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Community Supported Agriculture social innovation social embeddedness food re-commonification resilient food systems food sovereignty Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e4777448eb3e493f9ebaa3b800ea5b6a2021-11-11T19:39:11ZA Socially-Based Redesign of Sustainable Food Practices: Community Supported Agriculture in Italy10.3390/su1321119862071-1050https://doaj.org/article/e4777448eb3e493f9ebaa3b800ea5b6a2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11986https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Several grassroots initiatives in the last two decades have shown the need for different food practices that should be locally based and founded on ethical goals of social and environmental justice. Among the many “alternative food networks”, the Community Supported Agriculture model is particularly significant and interesting. By redefining meanings and social norms around food practices, this model actualizes significant processes of food re-socialization and re-territorialization. Focusing on Italy, this study aims to contribute to the understanding of the potential of this model. It does so through two investigations carried out in 2019 and 2020, aimed at analyzing, respectively, structural and organizational aspects of CSAs and the features of resilience shown by these initiatives during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. On the whole, the two surveys give us the image of a radically innovative experience, potentially capable of deeply redefining production and consumption practices, being rooted in socially-shared knowledge, motivations, willingness, commitment and sense of community. In addition to being characterized by a determination to pursue sustainability and equity goals, the model shows a remarkable character of resilience thanks to the original arrangements that the common value basis and the strong sense of interdependence and solidarity of its members can provide.Alessandra PiccoliAdanella RossiAngela GenovaMDPI AGarticleCommunity Supported Agriculturesocial innovationsocial embeddednessfood re-commonificationresilient food systemsfood sovereigntyEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11986, p 11986 (2021)
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topic	Community Supported Agriculture social innovation social embeddedness food re-commonification resilient food systems food sovereignty Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	Community Supported Agriculture social innovation social embeddedness food re-commonification resilient food systems food sovereignty Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Alessandra Piccoli Adanella Rossi Angela Genova A Socially-Based Redesign of Sustainable Food Practices: Community Supported Agriculture in Italy
description	Several grassroots initiatives in the last two decades have shown the need for different food practices that should be locally based and founded on ethical goals of social and environmental justice. Among the many “alternative food networks”, the Community Supported Agriculture model is particularly significant and interesting. By redefining meanings and social norms around food practices, this model actualizes significant processes of food re-socialization and re-territorialization. Focusing on Italy, this study aims to contribute to the understanding of the potential of this model. It does so through two investigations carried out in 2019 and 2020, aimed at analyzing, respectively, structural and organizational aspects of CSAs and the features of resilience shown by these initiatives during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. On the whole, the two surveys give us the image of a radically innovative experience, potentially capable of deeply redefining production and consumption practices, being rooted in socially-shared knowledge, motivations, willingness, commitment and sense of community. In addition to being characterized by a determination to pursue sustainability and equity goals, the model shows a remarkable character of resilience thanks to the original arrangements that the common value basis and the strong sense of interdependence and solidarity of its members can provide.
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title	A Socially-Based Redesign of Sustainable Food Practices: Community Supported Agriculture in Italy
title_short	A Socially-Based Redesign of Sustainable Food Practices: Community Supported Agriculture in Italy
title_full	A Socially-Based Redesign of Sustainable Food Practices: Community Supported Agriculture in Italy
title_fullStr	A Socially-Based Redesign of Sustainable Food Practices: Community Supported Agriculture in Italy
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A Socially-Based Redesign of Sustainable Food Practices: Community Supported Agriculture in Italy

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