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Journal of Economic Geography Advance Access published online on August 1, 2005
Journal of Economic Geography, doi:10.1093/jeg/lbi006
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© The Author (2005). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org
Received October 5, 2004
Accepted May 19, 2005

Article

Beyond the divide: rethinking relationships between alternative and conventional food networks in Europe

Roberta Sonnino 1* and Terry Marsden 1

1 School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WA, Wales, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Roberta Sonnino, E-mail: SonninoR{at}Cardiff.ac.uk


  Abstract

In this paper, we develop the burgeoning research agenda on alternative food networks in Europe. Through the concept of ‘embeddedness’, we argue for a much more nuanced and complex understanding of the relationships between conventional and alternative food chains--and, by extension, of their implications for rural development. Rather than viewing alternative and conventional food networks as separate spheres, we see them as highly competitive and as relational to one another and argue for the need to examine the links more critically. In particular, we highlight the need to explore the competitive relationships that alternative food networks have with the conventional sector to expose power imbalances and the effect these may have on wider rural development processes.

Keywords: alternative food networks; rural development; re-localization of agri-food; embeddedness.
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