TY - JOUR
T1 - An eco-egalitarian solution to the capitalist consumer paradox
T2 - Integrating short food chains and public market systems
AU - Leglise, Mario Del Roble Pensado
AU - Smolski, Andrew
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2017/9/14
Y1 - 2017/9/14
N2 - Presently, alternative agri-food networks are in a renaissance, utilizing an economy of proximity to compete against transnational agri-business and food distributors. While this is positive ecologically and socioeconomically, the overreliance on market mechanisms in short food chains has led to class distinctions in food distribution and consumption. The result has been a capitalist consumer paradox exacerbating inequality in the alternative agri-food networks. To resolve this inequality, we focused on how public policy can leverage state investment in public markets to reduce or overcome the capitalist consumer paradox in short food chains. To clarify our argument, we began by examining the benefits of short food chains in the urban food system. Then, we explained how type of consumption and policy regime effect food access. After this, we utilized Mexico City and New York City’s public market systems as representative of an alternative policy regime and the effects of moving away from state-oriented development. We concluded by describing possible conflicts and complements to the integration of public markets into short urban food chains.
AB - Presently, alternative agri-food networks are in a renaissance, utilizing an economy of proximity to compete against transnational agri-business and food distributors. While this is positive ecologically and socioeconomically, the overreliance on market mechanisms in short food chains has led to class distinctions in food distribution and consumption. The result has been a capitalist consumer paradox exacerbating inequality in the alternative agri-food networks. To resolve this inequality, we focused on how public policy can leverage state investment in public markets to reduce or overcome the capitalist consumer paradox in short food chains. To clarify our argument, we began by examining the benefits of short food chains in the urban food system. Then, we explained how type of consumption and policy regime effect food access. After this, we utilized Mexico City and New York City’s public market systems as representative of an alternative policy regime and the effects of moving away from state-oriented development. We concluded by describing possible conflicts and complements to the integration of public markets into short urban food chains.
KW - Capitalist consumer paradox
KW - Eco-egalitarian policy
KW - Public market systems
KW - Short food chains
KW - Sustainable urban food system
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85030166298&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/agriculture7090076
DO - 10.3390/agriculture7090076
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85030166298
SN - 2077-0472
VL - 7
JO - Agriculture (Switzerland)
JF - Agriculture (Switzerland)
IS - 9
M1 - 76
ER -