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000007689 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/rj430515b
000007689 037__ $$aETD
000007689 245__ $$aHow alternative are the alternatives? A conceptual framework for analysis of control and  value distribution in alternative food networks
000007689 260__ $$bMarylhurst University: Oregon Health and Science University
000007689 269__ $$a2015
000007689 336__ $$aThesis
000007689 502__ $$gFood Systems & Society
000007689 520__ $$aThe conventional food system can be characterized by long intermediated supply chains, industrialization, corporatization, and concentrated ownership. A movement towards an alternative system that reconnects producers with consumers through a shared commitment to sustainability and community has developed as a result. As the alternative food system scales to meet growing consumer demand, however, many alternative food networks (AFNs) appear to be following conventional logic and economic models, which begs the question: how alternative are the alternatives? This research introduces and develops the Alterity Framework to analyze the distribution of control and value across the supply chains of five AFN models: CSA, farmers? markets, wholesale distribution, food hubs, and multi-stakeholder cooperatives. Developed through literature review, critical discourse analysis, and participatory action research, the conceptual framework combines several principles of the Diverse Economies, Extractive/Generative Economies, Value Chain, and Food Sovereignty frameworks to assess AFN models based on: 1) the links of the supply chain that connect stakeholders; 2) the relationships among stakeholders; 3) the ways in which economic value is produced, appropriated and distributed; 4) the distribution of risks assumed by stakeholders; and 5) the structure and mechanisms that govern supply chain activities and stakeholders. This research suggests that the Alterity Framework can help to distinguish the differences between extractive and generative practices, suggest ways to structure value chains that incorporate sustainable and efficient activities, and provide a new perspective on how we think and act about the diverse political economy of food. Overall, it demonstrates that it is necessary to address underlying ownership structures in order to scale sustainable and just local food systems.
000007689 650__ $$aCommunity Networks$$031321
000007689 650__ $$aAgriculture$$014366
000007689 650__ $$aFood Supply$$019187
000007689 6531_ $$afarmers' markets
000007689 6531_ $$acooperatives
000007689 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine
000007689 692__ $$aGraduate Programs in Human Nutrition
000007689 7001_ $$aCochrane, Mallory
000007689 8564_ $$9000d6021-3d8f-4d39-ba5c-3c4a7d6d7216$$s1063166$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7689/files/Cochrane.Mallory.2015.pdf
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000007689 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:7689$$pstudent-work
000007689 980__ $$aFood Systems & Society