CONTEXT Food systems worldwide are under enormous pressure. Over the past decades,
local food systems have been promoted by governments and civil society organisations as a …

This article reviews the scientific literature on local food from the consumer's perspective and
analyses findings through the application of the Alphabet Theory–a newly developed …

This comprehensive overview of local food systems explores alternative definitions of local
food, estimates market size and reach, describes the characteristics of local consumers and …

In recent years, consumers' interest in local food has significantly increased. Several studies
in the agricultural economics and marketing literature have analyzed mainly consumers' …

This research examines consumer preference and compares their willingness‐to‐pay for a
host of value‐added attributes of processed blackberry jam, and focuses on various organic …

There are many publications focusing on diverse aspects of marketing research for organic
products. However, so far there have been very few attempts to provide an overall synthesis …

The study deals with German consumers' attitudes towards organic food and local food, their
food purchase behaviour and their personal characteristics. The purpose is to investigate …

Organically and locally grown products have positive environmental impacts due to the
reduction in the greenhouse emissions required for their production. This paper contributes …

This report provides an overview of local and regional food systems across several
dimensions. It details the latest economic information on local food producers, consumers …

This paper gives a deeper insight into consumer preferences for different food products of
varying place of origin (ie local, Germany, neighboring country, non‐EU country) and …