Food supply chains and sustainability: evidence from specialist food producers in the Scottish/English borders

Ilbery, Brian W and Maye, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-4459-6630 (2005) Food supply chains and sustainability: evidence from specialist food producers in the Scottish/English borders. Land Use Policy, 22 (4). pp. 331-344. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2004.06.002

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Abstract

Despite an increasing interest in more sustainable forms of land management, few analyses have examined whether 'local' or alternative' food supply systems are sustainable in environmental, economic and social terms. Using SUSTAIN's 'sustainable food' criteria, this paper analyses the sustainability of a number of 'speciality' food supply chains operated by small rural enterprises in the Scottish/English borders. Results indicate that, in the main, the case study businesses are not particularly sustainable; instead, driven by a strong economic imperative, they often have to 'dip' into various 'links' associated with more conventional (commodity-based) food supply chains. The paper concludes by warning against the tendency to conflate terms such as 'local', 'alternative', 'speciality' and 'sustainable'.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sustainability; Food supply chains; Speciality foods; Case studies; SMEs; Scottish/English borders
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > Countryside and Community Research Institute
Depositing User:	Debi Jones-Davis
Date Deposited:	02 May 2014 15:20
Last Modified:	01 Aug 2021 21:28
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/628

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