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    Researching European 'alternative' food networks: some methodological considerations

    Venn, L. and Kneafsey, M. and Holloway, L. and Cox, Rosie and Dowler, E. and Tuomainen, H. (2006) Researching European 'alternative' food networks: some methodological considerations. Area 38 (3), pp. 248-258. ISSN 0004-0894.

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    Abstract

    Recent European literature on ‘alternative’ food networks (AFNs) draws heavily upon an apparently accessible and diverse body of non-conventional food networks in the agro-food sector and whilst researchers frequently refer to individual examples of farmers markets, box schemes, producer cooperatives and community-supported agriculture projects, less attention is given to the methodological processes that facilitate the identification and examination of these networks. From the preliminary stages of a research project focusing on examples of AFNs,2 this paper examines the process of operationalizing AFNs research and reviews the difficulties associated with identifying, comparing and characterizing AFNs.

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