![]() ![]() Hence, the literature review allows to better understand the rise of Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) which can lead to a more sustainable way of living and buying food. Specifically, in the first part, through an interdisciplinary approach which overlaps the most recent international scientific contributions, food issues will be presented as the ‘new’ vehicle to re-embed the social within the Market and contention politics. Starting from the recent debate around these emergencies, the increasing industrialization of food production and the Great Recession’s consequences, this dissertation ill present several initiatives emerged over the last twenty years providing a sustainable alternative to this panorama. To face this scenario, it appears necessary to study how global society is facing these negative externalities. ![]() It has also reduced the citizens’ perception of security and the State’s policies effectiveness. The ongoing financial and economic crisis has strengthened the corporate’s economic and political power and it has exacerbated inequalities. Indeed, the agro-industrial food system, based on the ‘Green Revolution’ aim to feed the World, presents several emergencies and negative externalities which have been affecting people, the environment, and both global and local economy. Food security and food sovereignty are still influencing the everyday life of almost 1 billion people in the World. Food is becoming an increasingly disputed issue, and food movements have emerged in both the Global North and Global South. ![]()
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