Food supply chains and sustainability: evidence from specialist food producers in the Scottish/English borders Export

@article{15401, abstract = {Despite an increasing interest in more sustainable forms of land management, few analyses have examined whether `local' or `alternative' food supply systems are sustainable in environmental, economic and social terms. Using SUSTAIN's `sustainable food' criteria, this paper analyses the sustainability of a number of `speciality' food supply chains operated by small rural enterprises in the Scottish/English borders. Results indicate that, in the main, the case study businesses are not particularly sustainable; instead, driven by a strong economic imperative, they often have to `dip' into various `links' associated with more conventional (commodity-based) food supply chains. The paper concludes by warning against the tendency to conflate terms such as `local', `alternative', `speciality' and `sustainable'.}, author = {Ilbery, Brian and Maye, Damian}, citeulike-article-id = {4215634}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2004.06.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VB0-4DR89B1-1/2/fd998736040aefe688e69c6f1a78a62e}, doi = {10.1016/j.landusepol.2004.06.002}, journal = {Land Use Policy}, keywords = {chain, food, localism, supply}, month = {October}, number = {4}, pages = {331--344}, posted-at = {2009-03-24 18:59:55}, priority = {2}, title = {Food supply chains and sustainability: evidence from specialist food producers in the Scottish/English borders}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2004.06.002}, volume = {22}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - 15401 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4215634 N2 - Despite an increasing interest in more sustainable forms of land management, few analyses have examined whether `local' or `alternative' food supply systems are sustainable in environmental, economic and social terms. Using SUSTAIN's `sustainable food' criteria, this paper analyses the sustainability of a number of `speciality' food supply chains operated by small rural enterprises in the Scottish/English borders. Results indicate that, in the main, the case study businesses are not particularly sustainable; instead, driven by a strong economic imperative, they often have to `dip' into various `links' associated with more conventional (commodity-based) food supply chains. The paper concludes by warning against the tendency to conflate terms such as `local', `alternative', `speciality' and `sustainable'. IS - 4 JF - Land Use Policy EP - 344 TI - Food supply chains and sustainability: evidence from specialist food producers in the Scottish/English borders VL - 22 SP - 331 KW - chain KW - food KW - localism KW - supply AU - Ilbery, Brian AU - Maye, Damian PY - 2005/10// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2004.06.002 ER -