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The consumption of organic products has consistently increased over the last decades, covering increasingly diversified consumers, both in the characteristics and the reasons associated with consumption. This heterogeneity evidences the need to [...]Article
I.C. Muresan ; R. Harun ; F.H. Arion ; A.M. Brata ; I.A. Chereches ; G.O. Chiciudean ; D.E. Dumitras ; C.F. Oroian ; O.P. Tirpe |The COVID-19 pandemic affected consumers behavior worldwide. This paper aims to analyze consumers sustainable food behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was based on an online survey during MayOctober 2020 among 859 Romanian con[...]Article
J. Buyck ; A. Meyfroidt ; C. Brand ; G. Jourdan |Our contribution aims at pointing out how the food issue challenges metropolitan areas while at the same time identifying potential for sustainable urban planning. To that end, we investigate to what extent taking into account agricultural and f[...]Article
J. Trewern ; J. Chenoweth ; I. Christie ; E. Keller ; S. Halevy |Retailers can play an important role in facilitating a transition to sustainable diets in the UK. They have been implementing strategies aimed at helping customers make healthier choices and are now considering how to broaden this to include sus[...]Article
Consumers use aesthetics bias to judge the risk of their food intake, having an important impact on food waste of less appealing food (i.e., aesthetically imperfect foods). In six studies, this research adds to past work by revealing that when t[...]Article
V. Giovenzana ; A. Casson ; R. Beghi ; A. Pampuri ; I. Fiorindo ; A. Tugnolo ; R. Guidetti |Food consumption is associated with various environmental impacts and therefore consumer choices represent an important driver for environmental decisions. This study evaluates the environmental impact of fresh-cut salad lamb's lettuce (Valerian[...]Article
This study aims to explore and understand whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) could be considered as an indirect cue of certain product characteristics, turning it into an effective instrument to encourage credibility and trust in a fo[...]Article
G. Nemes ; Y. Chiffoleau ; S. Zollet ; M. Collison ; Z. Benedek ; F. Colantuono ; A. Dulsrud ; M. Fiore ; C. Holtkamp ; T.-Y. Kim ; M. Korzun ; R. Mesa-Manzano ; R. Reckinger ; I. Ruiz-Martínez ; K. Smith ; N. Tamura ; M.L. Viteri ; E. Orban |The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major stress test for the agri-food system. While most research has analysed the impact of the pandemic on mainstream food systems, this article examines how alternative and local food systems (ALFS) in 13 countr[...]Article
R. Capone ; V. Fersino ; E. Stamataki ; M. Cerezo ; M.-E. Kessari ; S. Dernini ; H. El Bilali |Despite the recurring discourse on food systems and their sustainability in the Mediterranean region, comprehensive studies are hard to find. Therefore, this article provides an overview on the challenges and perspectives of food systems in the [...]Article
This paper describes a research project, carried out in an Italian public school, to assess whether parents were willing to take part in food procurement decisions, as well as their ability to accurately predict what foods children would pick at[...]Article
T. Ben Hassen ; H. El Bilali ; M.S. Allahyari ; D. Karabasevic ; A. Radosavac ; S. Berjan ; Z. Vasko ; P. Radanov ; I. Obhodas |Bosnia and Herzegovina has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing quarantine and other social distancing measures. These measures, however, have mental, social, and economic consequences on diet and food behaviors. The Bosnian case i[...]Article
The Green Moroccan Plan (GMP) is a national long-term strategy launched by the Moroccan government to support the agricultural sector as the main driver of social and economic development. The GMP involves a labeling strategy based on geographic[...]Article
Les ambitions du Pacte vert européen se concrétiseront-elles grâce à la nouvelle PAC ? Elles appellent en tout cas des interventions des autorités publiques beaucoup plus fortes dans les secteurs agricole et alimentaire.Article
Since we first conceived of this Special Issue, Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate ChangePossible Transformations, COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. That said, while the pandemic has shifted our collective focus awa[...]Article
S. Li ; Z. Kallas ; D. Rahmani ; J.M. Gil |The COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to global food security, and it changes consumers food buying and consumption behavior. This research not only investigates trends in Spanish consumers general food shopping and consumption habits during th[...]Article
The food- and feed-value systems in the European Union are not protein self-sufficient. Despite the potential of legume-supported production systems to reduce the externalities caused by current cultivation practices (excessive use of N fertiliz[...]Article
M. Cooreman-Algoed ; F. Minnens ; L. Boone ; K. Botterman ; S.E. Taelman ; W. Verbeke ; B. Devleesschauwer ; Y. Hung ; J. Dewulf |Food wastage is an environmental concern worldwide, particularly regarding households. This study aims to identify household food wasting segments and to assess the relationship between both consumer and food product determinants and the identif[...]Article
The aim of the present study was (1) to investigate what consumers include within the concept of food sustainability and its link with sustainable consumption, by identifying meaningful consumer typologies from the concept of food sustainability[...]Article
D. Lawo ; T. Neifer ; M. Esau ; S. Vonholdt ; G. Stevens |Consumer information and engagement are important for establishing sustainable consumption practices. While previous research on information provision with traceability apps focused on persuasion at the point-of-sale, consumer research highlight[...]Article
T. Tsironi ; A. Koutinas ; I. Mandala ; N.G. Stoforos |Food security, seen from a global perspective, encompasses both the sustainable production of high-quality food and the reduction of food waste. Food production needs to be resource efficient and contribute to economic growth through sustainable[...]Article
Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development. Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are hard to find. Therefore, the present systematic review delineated th[...]Article
I. Mancuso ; A. Natalicchio ; U. Panniello ; P. Roma |Sustainability has become an important driver in defining business strategies, affecting most critical corporate functions and changing the way in which value is created, communicated, and distributed. This is increasingly impacting marketing pr[...]Article
R. Matacena ; M. Zenga ; M. D'Addario ; S. Mari ; M. Labra |The COVID-19 emergency and the consequent social distancing requirements have caused major disruptions in daily food-related practices at the household level. In this paper, we evaluate the transformations that occurred in the daily nutritional [...]Article
Les remous provoqués par l'introduction, en janvier dernier, de repas végétariens dans les cantines de Lyon ont placé la restauration scolaire sous les feux des projecteurs. Mais les questions liées à ce secteur d'activité très rentable s'étende[...]Article
La Commission européenne veut fournir au secteur de lagriculture biologique les bons outils pour atteindre lobjectif de 25 % de terres agricoles dédiées à lhorizon 2030.Article
This study is framed within the concept of sustainability of local foods such as extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and considers the effects of country of origin (COO) and ethnocentrism as relevant factors in decision making about product choice. Ou[...]Article
H. Moschitz ; A. Muller ; U. Kretzschmar ; L. Haller ; M. de Porras ; C. Pfeifer ; B. Oehen ; H. Willer ; H. Stolz |The European Commission's Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy sets ambitious targets to transform the whole food system towards greater sustainability, but we are critical about its strong focus on technical innovations while neglecting the social and s[...]Article
This study sheds light on a new generation of Swedish food producers, market gardeners, who are attracting attention in terms of food system sustainability, prompted by increasing consumer awareness about the value of healthy and locally produce[...]Article
The growing presence of community or allotment gardens seeks to respond to the challenges of todays urban societies in terms of sustainability. The food dimension of this phenomenon is one of its most important aspects, with clear repercussions[...]Article
This study aimed to explore the constraining and facilitating factors impacting the emergence and consolidation of different types of alternative food networks (AFNs) in different countries. Drawing on the expertise of organizers of seventeen AF[...]