Local food networks and the change of the agrofood system

Can alternative local food networks, through the relocalization of production and consumption and the higher proportion of organic practices, bring significant changes in the agrofood system? Drawing on the case of French Amaps, the distinction between an “input substitution paradigm” and a “system redesign” paradigm, which is at the crossroads of agricultural and social sciences, will help to assess the changes which occur in consumers and producers practices and in their interactions

The ‘intermittent’ organic consumers: a sociological interpretation of the variability of organic consumption.

Market studies give evidence that the growth of organic consumption relies much more on occasional consumers than on exclusive ones. Therefore it is worth trying to understand qualitatively the practices and representations of these ‘intermittent’ organic eaters. From the analysis of eaters’ trajectories, of their motivations and concerns, and of their provisioning, cooking and eating practices, this paper will demonstrate that the organic choice is more heterogeneous than it is often considered, that it encompasses a variety of concerns, and that it consists in a changing balance between delegation to the label and implication. This analysis finally points out the necessity to tightly link production and consumption perspectives so as to address the future of organic