Regional Food Systems Timeline - Concepedia

Concepedia

Concept

regional food systems

Parents

Children

Urban Agriculture

3.9K

Publications

212.2K

Citations

9.5K

Authors

2.5K

Institutions

Embedded Regionalism

1997 - 2006

The period saw a surge of research emphasizing local embeddedness and place-based provisioning, with direct markets and short supply chains connecting producers to communities and bolstering resilience and sense of place. Studies linked product quality and local identity to governance mechanisms such as PDOs and regional quality regimes, while also evaluating alternative agro-food networks and new rural development models as locally anchored trajectories. Ongoing debates framed globalization–localization tensions in regional policy, highlighting safe-food concerns, regional protection, and equitable access in local provisioning.

• Local embeddedness and place-based provisioning shape regional food systems through direct markets, short supply chains, and community-led initiatives that enhance resilience and place attachment [4], [6], [5], [9].

• Quality, nature, and regional protection drive agri-food networks by linking product quality to local identity and governance via PDOs/PGIs and regional quality regimes [1], [7], [18], [19], [12].

• Alternative agro-food networks and new rural development paradigms analyze networks and critique the localization turn, proposing diverse, locally embedded trajectories [2], [10], [14], [15].

• Globalization–localization tensions and policy governance frame regional food politics, examining regional protection, safe food debates, and local legitimacy [7], [9], [11], [20].

• Access, equity, and health dimensions highlight disparities in food retail access and local provisioning, including food deserts and community health implications [8], [20], [13].

Popular Keywords

local food systems

agricultural economics

food distribution

[1]

Quality, Nature, and Embeddedness: Some Theoretical Considerations in the Context of the Food Sector*

2000 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, food production, food regulations, foodways, local food systems

[2]

Understanding Alternative Food Networks: Exploring the Role of Short Food Supply Chains in Rural Development

2003 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, food regulations, local food systems

[3]

‘Back to Nature’: Changing ‘Worlds of Production’ in the Food Sector

1999 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food policy, food production, food regulations, foodways, local food systems

[4]

Local food systems and sustainable communities

1997 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, local food systems, public policy

[5]

Embeddedness, the new food economy and defensive localism

2003 • agri-food systems, food distribution, food policy, foodways, local food systems

[6]

Embeddedness and local food systems: notes on two types of direct agricultural market

2000 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, local food systems

[7]

Spatializing Quality: Regional Protection and the Alternative Geography of Food

2002 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, food production, food regulations, foodways, local food systems

[8]

Deprivation, Diet, and Food-Retail Access: Findings from the Leeds ‘Food Deserts' Study

2003 • food distribution, food policy, food regulations, food security, local food systems, public policy

[9]

The practice and politics of food system localization

2003 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, food regulations, foodways, local food systems, public policy

[10]

Rural Europe Redux? Reflections on Alternative Agro‐Food Networks and Paradigm Change

2004 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food policy, local food systems, public policy

[11]

De‐globalization of Food Markets? Consumer Perceptions of Safe Food: The Case of Norway

1998 • agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, food regulations, local food systems

[12]

Developing quality in agro‐food supply chains: A Welsh perspective

1999 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, food production, food regulations, local food systems

[13]

The local food sector

2003 • agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, food production, food regulations, foodways, local food systems

[14]

Beyond the Farm Gate: Production‐Consumption Networks and Agri‐Food Research

2000 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, food production, local food systems

[15]

From Farm to Table: The Organic Vegetable Commodity Chain of Northern California

1997 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food policy, food production, local food systems

[16]

Sustainable agriculture, food supply chains and regional development: Editorial introduction

1999 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food policy, food production

[17]

The Food System

2000 • agri-food systems, food policy, foodways, local food systems, public policy

[18]

Reconsidering ‘Traditional’ Food: The Case of Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese

2000 • agri-food systems, agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, food production, food regulations, foodways

[19]

Registering regional speciality food and drink products in the United Kingdom: the case of PDOs and PGls

2000 • food distribution, food policy, food regulations, local food systems

[20]

In search of the concerned consumer: UK public perceptions of food, farming and buying local

2003 • agricultural economics, food distribution, food policy, food regulations, foodways, local food systems

Place-based Local Food Systems

2007 - 2013

Multi-Scale Regional Food Systems

2014 - 2016

City-Region Food Governance

2017 - 2023