Agroecology is a promising alternative to industrial agriculture, with the potential to avoid the
negative social and ecological consequences of input-intensive production. Transitioning to …

Addressing human and social values is a core element of agroecology, including questions
of equity and social justice in food systems, supporting autonomy and well-being of food …

Food security is becoming an increasingly relevant topic in the Global North, especially in
urban areas. Because such areas do not always have good access to nutritionally adequate …

Ecological impacts of industrial agriculture include significant greenhouse gas emissions,
loss of biodiversity, widespread pollution by fertilizers and pesticides, soil loss and …

Recent literature has pointed to the role of urban agriculture in self‐empowerment and
learning, and in constituting ways to achieve food justice. Building on this work the paper …

Agroecology has three practical forms—a scientific discipline, an agricultural practice, and a
social movement. Their integration has provided a collective-action mode for contesting the …

Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development.
Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are …

ABSTRACT COVID-19 has exposed racialized vulnerabilities in the dominant agrifood
system and granted opportunities to build anew. In this paper, I explore a series of …

Business as usual or transformative change? While the global agro-industrial food system is
credited with increasing food production, availability and accessibility, it is also credited with …

Innovations supporting a shift towards more sustainable food systems can be developed
within the dominant food system regime or in alternative niches. No study has compared the …