International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food
Published by Michigan State University
Official publication of the Research Committee on Sociology of Agriculture and Food (RC-40)
of the International Sociological Association (ISA)
Editors: Raymond Jussaume, Claire Marris and Katerina Psarikidou
Frequency: 3 issues per year
ISSN: 0798-1759
Volume 24, Issue 1 (2017)
Special Issue
EVOLUTIONS IN THE MIDDLE: TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON VALUES-BASED FOOD CHAINS
Editorial Introduction
Values-based Food Chains from a Transatlantic Perspective:
Exploring a Middle Tier of Agri-food System Development 1-14
Marcia Ostrom, Kathryn De Master, Egon Noe and Markus Schermer
Articles
Values and Volume in Sustainable Organic Market Chains: A Multi-perspectival Analysis 15-36
Claire Lamine and Egon Bjørnshave Noe
It’s Not Always about Growth! Development Dynamics and Management in Food Businesses and Chains 37-55
Susanne von Münchhausen, Anna Maria Häring, Gunn-Turid Kvam and Karlheinz Knickel
From ‘Additive’ to ‘Multiplicative’ Patterns of Growth 57-76
Markus Schermer
Can Values-based Food Chains Advance Local and Sustainable Food Systems?
Evidence from Case Studies of University 77-95
Procurement in Canada and the UK
Lori Stahlbrand
Values in Motion: The Local Organic Food Co-ops Network in Ontario, Canada 97-111
Jennifer Sumner
What’s Going into the Box?
An Inquiry into the Social and Ecological Embeddedness of Large-scale EU and US Box Schemes 113-134
Marcia Ostrom, Chris Kjeldsen, Susanne Kummer, Rebecka Milestad and Markus Schermer
Organic Values-Based Supply Chains as a Tool for Territorial Development:
A Comparative Analysis of Three European Organic Regions 135-154
Rike Stotten, Sibylle Bui, Patrizia Pugliese, Markus Schermer and Claire Lamine
