Do small food businesses enable small farms to connect to regional food systems? Evidence from 9 European regions

Paola A. Hernández; Francesca Galli; Paolo Prosperi; Sandra Šūmane; Dominic Duckett; Henrik Eli Almaas

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100505

Do small food businesses enable small farms to connect to regional food systems? Evidence from 9 European regions

Paola A. Hernández^*, Francesca Galli, Paolo Prosperi, Sandra Šūmane, Dominic Duckett, Henrik Eli Almaas

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For small farms across Europe, connecting to small food businesses offers a significant route to market. We analyse survey data from 85 small food businesses in nine European regions and explore the enabling and limiting conditions around this connectivity. We show how connectivity depends on context-based interrelationships among food system actors and consider the effects of these relations on small farm integration. Results show stronger connections when small food businesses are themselves farm-based. Weaker linkages are also apparent in the absence of public and social support. We argue that regional food systems can be enhanced by increasing small food businesses’ capacity to source from small farms, with the added benefit of increasing the viability of these small businesses.

Original language	English
Article number	100505
Number of pages	11
Journal	Global Food Security
Volume	29
Early online date	31 Mar 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100505
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Integration
Localised food systems
Small food business
Small farms
Food system approach

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Food Science
Ecology
Safety Research

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