In the food chain, plants use photosynthesis, which allows plants to be a food source for animals and humans. Without plants using photosynthesis, there would be no food for other lifeforms. Understanding Food Sources Most of the energy used by animal and human bodies comes from carbohydrates...
Democracy work is humbling, often not knowable, and by definition requires experimentation, failure, and trust to work on a functional level. It is very easy for fear to undermine progress, and permanently poison the well of trust and experimentation. If this is true for us on a micro level...
and the resulting energy and food shortages) indicate the need for robust, and sustainable supply chains with regional food production and farmland to secure food supply in the European Union (EU). Recent research shows that organic food is more resilient to supply chain disruptions and price ...
While the first three criteria can be seen as a minimum definition, the last two are extended definitions for SFSC. As SFSC are embedded in a territorial and social context, a variety of ways exist regarding how regional food is produced, processed and distributed in supply chains. Therefore,...
and the overall disassembling of the food chain (Ilbery and Kneafsey2000; Wiskerke2009; Dansero and Pettenati2018). Deterritorialization has contributed to a variety of issues in current food systems in the European Union (EU), including but not limited to climate change, biodiversity loss, ineff...
[89,90]. Since the definition of a dictionary and its terms are subjective [24,83], the structured dictionary was validated by a panel of three independent multidisciplinary experts (a food engineer, a marketing professional, and a marketing academic) to reduce subjectiveness. An excerpt of ...
The most frequently quoted definition of sustainability comes fromOur Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report (UN1987). Human development must meet “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” This forward-looking imperative ...
Food waste is an inevitable outcome of food production processes, and substantial quantities of by-products are generated along the food chain. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), approximately one-third of all food produced for human consumption globally is wasted...
In the light of the assumptions made for the definition of the respective index, the EBI itself—irrespectively of the commodity—is basically equivalent to the level of regional food self-sufficiency, and indicates the potentialities of the region in fulfilling specific food requirements with the ...
It is defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as "The adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities". Others focused on a much broader definition, which ...