When mindful consumption meets short food supply chains: Empirical evidence on how higher-level motivations influence consumers

Benos, Theo; Burkert, Melina; Hüttl-Maack, Verena; Petropoulou, Eugenia

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2022.07.028

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“…This is perhaps surprising as farm businesses were affected by labor shortages due to Canada's border restrictions and strict lockdown measures (Hobbs, 2020). This may be attributed to the closeness of SFSCs to consumers (Cappelli and Cini, 2020) and changes in consumer behaviors toward local foods due to COVID-19 (Benos et al, 2022).…”

Section: Robustness Of Sfscs To Supply-and Demand-side Shocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although the definition of SFSCs may vary, they generally describe the distance between where food is grown/produced and consumed or primary production and final consumption (Coelho et al, 2018;Majewski et al, 2020). SFCSs are being popularized as a sustainable alternative (Benos et al, 2022) or complement (Thomé et al, 2021) to conventional, long food supply chains. Indeed, SFSCs can offer solutions for several sustainability challenges in the food system, such as reducing food waste and food miles.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sustainable production and distribution practices in Atlantic Canadian short food supply chains: Explorative study

Balcom

Abebe²,

Yiridoe³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionHow food is produced, processed, distributed, and consumed significantly impacts the sustainability of food supply chains. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) have been promoted as an alternative approach to offer sustainable solutions. However, empirical studies provide mixed evidence, and the findings greatly vary based on context. This study explores the social, economic, and environmental sustainability practices in Atlantic Canada's SFSCs from the perspective of farm businesses (producers).MethodsA semi-structured survey was conducted among 64 farmers/producers who participated in Atlantic Canadian SFSCs. Participants were asked what channel they used to sell their products and how far this location is in comparison to the production location if sold to an intermediary, how they believe they could better to improve the sustainability of their production methods, what barriers stood in their way of implementation, and how supply chain supporters could help achieve their sustainability goals.ResultsThe findings show that most farm businesses linked to SFCSs have applied ecologically sound production methods such as organic farming, IPM, or other sustainable practices, including regenerative agriculture and no-till farming. Over two-thirds of farm businesses applied sustainable practices such as pasture rotations, green fertilizers, low-carbon couriers, locally sourced inputs, and compostable or recyclable packaging materials. Farm businesses in the Atlantic Provinces highly value the social sustainability of SFSCs, followed by economic and environmental sustainability. Most farm businesses linked to SFSCs were robust to supply- and demand-side shocks, registered a low number of layoffs and fast recovery of operations, and increased their profits during COVID-19 compared to pre-COVID-19 levels. Yet, several barriers remain, the most important ones being high capital costs and longer payback periods. Other barriers include inconsistent inter-provincial trading restrictions, lack of qualified workers and shrinking agricultural land base.DiscussionSFSCs in Atlantic Canadian SFSCs have implemented several sustainable practices in their production and distribution systems. Most of the farm businesses linked to SFSCs are small, are focused on specific product groups, target small towns or rural areas, and rely on direct-on farm sales to individual customers, and thus can play a crucial role by complementing longer food supply chains. By taking SFSCs in Atlantic Provinces as a case, this study expands our understanding of recent efforts and challenges local producers face to adopt sustainable practices in their production and distribution systems.

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Section: Robustness Of Sfscs To Supply-and Demand-side Shocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Sustainable production and distribution practices in Atlantic Canadian short food supply chains: Explorative study

Balcom

Abebe²,

Yiridoe³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Lifestyles that are healthier and more aware of the origins of the food obtained and environmentally friendly (Zhao and Cheah 2023) must be further enhanced by today's consumers because environmental awareness has a strong influence on buying behavior (Benos et al 2022). Consumption is primarily driven by factors such as taste, perceived health benefits, and accessibility.…”

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confidence: 99%

Consumer perceptions of stingrays in coastal areas of Indonesia

NAWASTUTI,

DARWANTO,

MULYO

et al. 2024

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Nawastuti D, Darwanto DH, Mulyo JH, Suadi. 2023. Consumer perceptions of stingrays in coastal areas of Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 6844-6851. Stingray populations harvested for food may pose risks to food security and conservation goals. The purpose of this research is (i) to determine the type of fish product based on how consumers obtain the product, (ii) to determine the gender of consumers based on the type of product, and (iii) ii) to determine the type of fish product for consumption purposes. Primary data were collected from Google Forms and followed by interviews with selected households. The number of respondents was 125 people from Java Island, Timor Island, Sumba Island, Adonara Island, Lembata Island, Bangka Belitung Island and Flores Island. The information obtained was investigated using Chi-square analysis to understand consumer preferences for fish consumption using an adaptation of SPSS 25 programming. The results of the research show that there are two relationships, namely (i) the type of fish product has a significant relation to fishing, the way consumers fish, the fishery products they buy and (ii) consumer gender has a significant relationship with product type because male consumers find it easier to get stingrays by fishing so they are easier to consume individually, in groups, or to sell. A proper understanding of gender differences in stingray consumption can help determine the sustainability of stingray fisheries in a region because it can be known exactly who can access sustainable food. Although there are several types of stingrays that are protected, other types of stingrays should not be consumed. The results we obtained can be useful for increasing public awareness regarding the use of fish catching and its impact on the carrying capacity of fisheries in Indonesia.

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“…During the last years also, customers have started to question the global food systems and are looking for alternative food chains (González-Azcárate et al, 2021;Miškolci, 2017). In practice, these alternative food networks, attempting to alter how individuals manufacture and consume food (Paciarotti & Torregiani, 2021), are predominantly functioning in the form of short food supply chains (SFSC) (Benos et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The abovementioned tendencies in food systems are also shaping farmers' and consumers' views and food production/buying behaviour -they are also becoming more aware of environmental issues of the food systems (Aouinaït et al, 2022;Michel-Villarreal et al, 2020). Research shows that environmental consciousness affects food purchasing behaviour (Benos et al, 2022), In more detail, food purchasing through SFSC is related to consumers' pro-environment attitude (Cicia et al, 2021). But still, questions are raised about whether local food chain farmers are also committed to environmental sustainability (Schoolman et al, 2021).…”

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Environmental Sustainability Aspects in Short Food Supply Chains: the Views of Organic Farmers and Consumers

Ušča,

Aļeksējeva

2023

Rural Sustainability Research

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Globally, food systems are the most significant cause of environmental change; therefore, efforts to create more environmentally sustainable food systems are presented. One of the directions is strengthening the local actors and short food supply chains. Simultaneously, changes in farming systems are needed, and organic agriculture is one of the ways to make food systems more environmentally sustainable. Despite the abundance of research on the environmental consciousness of consumers in short food supply chains, the question is raised whether local food chain farmers are also committed to environmental sustainability. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the importance of environmental sustainability to organic short food supply chain actors. More specifically, the research depicts the views of organic farmers and consumers and their relation to the actual environmental sustainability of short food supply chains. During the research, a specific short food supply chain – a direct purchasing network – was explored. A qualitative approach was applied to reach the aim. Thus, in-depth interviews and observations were used as a research method. The research results demonstrated the views of farmers and consumers of the specific network regarding environmental sustainability aspects in the network. In the research, such environmental aspects as the circularity of resources, biodiversity, chemicals in the environment, seasonality and locality of diets, and the distance (food miles) were admitted as crucial ones by the specific short food supply chain actors. The differences in opinions of consumers and farmers emerged when thinking about the scale of their views.

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When mindful consumption meets short food supply chains: Empirical evidence on how higher-level motivations influence consumers

Cited by 13 publications

References 53 publications

Sustainable production and distribution practices in Atlantic Canadian short food supply chains: Explorative study

Sustainable production and distribution practices in Atlantic Canadian short food supply chains: Explorative study

Consumer perceptions of stingrays in coastal areas of Indonesia

Environmental Sustainability Aspects in Short Food Supply Chains: the Views of Organic Farmers and Consumers

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