2011
DOI: 10.5304/jafscd.2011.014.007
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Midscale Food Value Chains: An Introduction

Abstract: This introductory discussion positions midscale food value chains as business models for a "third tier" in the U. S. food system, distinct from direct marketing to local consumers and global marketing of agricultural commodities. Responding to a growing demand for food that is differentiated from conventional products, midscale food value chains are developing strategic business alliances among small and medium sized farms or ranches and other agri-food enterprises. These supply chain alliances: (a) handle sig… Show more

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“…Several studies have addressed constraints related to logistics and competition with traditional food businesses (Barham et al, 2012;Diamond & Barham, 2011;Matson, Thayer, & Shaw, 2015;Stevenson, Clancy, King, Lev, Ostrom, & Smith, 2011); reliance on external funding (LeBlanc et al, 2014;Rysin & Dunning, 2016); and obstacles to building collaboration across communities with different identities and priorities (Mount et al, 2013). Similarly, panelists discussed the role of food hubs in addressing tensions but also breaking down barriers encountered in establishing and sustaining them.…”
Section: Encountering Barriersmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Several studies have addressed constraints related to logistics and competition with traditional food businesses (Barham et al, 2012;Diamond & Barham, 2011;Matson, Thayer, & Shaw, 2015;Stevenson, Clancy, King, Lev, Ostrom, & Smith, 2011); reliance on external funding (LeBlanc et al, 2014;Rysin & Dunning, 2016); and obstacles to building collaboration across communities with different identities and priorities (Mount et al, 2013). Similarly, panelists discussed the role of food hubs in addressing tensions but also breaking down barriers encountered in establishing and sustaining them.…”
Section: Encountering Barriersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A growing body of literature has explored the various contexts in which food hubs arise which often follows from differing objectives (Azzarello et al, 2012;Barham et al, 2012;Cleveland, Müller, Tranovich, Mazaroli, & Hinson, 2014;Horst, Ringstrom, Tyman, Ward, Werner, & Born, 2011;Rimal, Muzinic, Onyango, & Duitsman, 2016;Stevenson, Clancy, King, Lev, Ostrom, 2011). Food hubs tend to emerge from a regional context to meet the needs of a specific group of people rooted to a particular place.…”
Section: Differing Objectivesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Alonso & Liu, 2012;Che et al, 2005;Dollahite, Nelson, Frongillo, & Griffin, 2005;Griffin & Frongillo, 2003), yet few studies have sought to understand how collaboration works in local food systems. Those studies that have examined collaboration in local food systems have primarily presented examples of collaborative initiatives (e.g., Conner, King, Kolodinsky, Roche, Koliba, & Trubek, 2012;Griffin & Frongillo, 2003;King et al, 2010;Stevenson, Clancy, King, Lev, Ostrom, & Smith, 2011), examined barriers to collaboration (e.g., Che et al, 2005;Starr et al, 2003;Vogt & Kaiser, 2008), or identified benefits of collaboration (e.g., Griffin & Frongillo, 2003;Izumi, Wright & Hamm, 2010;Wargenau & Che, 2006). Although valuable contributions to the literature, such studies do not address the motivations of different parties to participate in collaborative initiatives.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For the mountain dairy farms the solution might be the involvement into the local food chains with added values from mountain areas (referred to also as 'value-based food chains') (Stevenson et al, 2011 (Kneafsey et al, 2013), but the point is to express the added values, such as supporting the small farmers to improve their economic situations (Pirog and Bergendahl, 2012). VBFCs evenly spread the output values to all partners (actors) in the chain, and consumers often recognize the food products as the high quality food products produced under environmentally friendly production systems, with a positive direct and indirect returns to the local economy (Stevenson et Due to a lack of relevant research studies supported by quantitative models for assessing the economic impacts of value-based food chains on primary actors (farmers), we decided to develop the econometric model to evaluate the economic viability of VBFC related to dairy farmers (primary actors).…”
Section: On 31mentioning
confidence: 99%