Abstract
In the last decades, the relationship between food and nature has experienced two intertwined processes: the de-naturalization of agri-food industry, that apparently has ‘freed’ food from natural processes and the ri-naturalization, linked to the quality turn, that recently transformed agrifood systems and food consumption. This article focuses on the relationships between food and nature, basing on the analysis of the processes that are recently taking place in Valposchiavo (Switzerland), where local agri-food chains sustainability is the core of local development and territorial marketing strategies. The analysis uses the theoretical and methodological framework of food political ecology, which helps to unveil and critically analyse the complexity and the political dimension of such processes.
Translated title of the contribution | The re-naturalization of food in Valposchiavo: Political ecology of an ‘organic valley’ |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 137-153 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA |
Volume | 128 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |