Cibo, sostenibilità e territorio. Dai sistemi di approvvigionamento alternativi ai food policy councils

Nourriture, durabilite et territoire. Des les Alternative Food Networks aux les Food Policy Councils - L’article concerne les différentes formes de production alimentaire et les développements actuels des Alternative Food Networks. La spontanéité initiale qui caractérise souvent la propagation de ces expériences, déterminé par la consommation critique, au cours des dernières années ont été rejoints par des tentatives de réorganiser le système de la nourriture locale dans le cadre des ainsi nommé Food Policy Councils, mis en oeuvre par les institutions locales pour soutenir les pratiques alternatives existantes. Améliorer le système alimentaire local, en fait, peut (re) créer des synergies entre la protection éducatif, économique, sociale et environnementale. L’article retrace le débat au cours des dernières années a été articulé autour des Alternative Food Networks en Europe et en Amérique du Nord, en se concentrant sur quelques tentatives de démarrage expériences des Food Policy Councils en cours dans notre Pays.

Food, sustainability and territory. From Alternative Food Networks to Food Policy Councils - The article discusses the different forms of food production and the current development of Alternative Food Networks. The initial spontaneity that in many cases characterized the spread of these experiences, driven by critical consumption, has been joined over recent years by attempts to reorganize the local food system by creating Food Policy Councils, implemented by local institutions to support existing alternative practices. Enhancing the local food system may, in fact, (re)create synergies between activities that pertain to education, the economic and social spheres, as well as that of environmental protection. The article reviews the debate that has developed over recent years in Europe and North America around Alternative Food Networks, focusing on some recent attempts in place in Italy to develop Food Policy Councils.

L’articolo riguarda le diverse forme di produzione agroalimentare e gli attuali sviluppi delle Alternative Food Networks. All’iniziale spontaneismo che caratterizza in molti casi la diffusione di queste esperienze, spinte dal consumo critico, negli ultimi anni si sono affiancati tentativi di riorganizzazione del sistema locale del cibo nell’ambito dei cosiddetti Food Policy Councils, attuati da istituzioni locali per sostenere pratiche alternative già esistenti. Valorizzare il sistema agroalimentare locale, infatti, può (ri)creare sinergie tra le attività educative, economiche, sociali e di protezione dell’ambiente. L’articolo ripercorre il dibattito che negli ultimi anni si è articolato attorno alle Alternative Food Networks in ambito europeo e nordamericano, soffermandosi su alcuni tentativi di avviare esperienze di Food Policy Councils in atto nel nostro Paese.