Alternative food systems (AFSs) are so defined because they purport to challenge a value or ameliorate a negative impact of the dominant conventional food system (CFS). Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are a type of AFS whose alterity is defined by socially proximal economic exchanges that are embedded in and regulated by social relationships. This relational closeness is argued to have benefits with respect to economic, environmental, and social sustainability. However, it would be a mistake to assume that AFSs and CFSs are paradigmatically differentiated or that their structures engender particular outcomes. The first article traces a misguided attempt to find indicators of success for farms participating in short food supply chains. The effort was misguided, because in designing the original study there was an assumption that producers participating in these AFSs shared similar goals, values, and definitions of success. The true diversity of these variables was discovered through the analysis of eighteen semi-structured interviews with Burlington and Montpelier area farmers who participate in SFSCs. This diversity motivated an exploration of the origins, common applications, and recent academic skepticism regarding assumptions of the relationship between certain food systems structures and broader food systems outcomes. The second article undertakes to develop a framework for exploring the actual motivations of SFSCs farmers and challenging common AFS assumptions. A framework that differentiates motivations guided by formal and substantive rationality is used to code the aforementioned data. Common themes amongst the responses are discussed demonstrating that producer motivations for participating in AFSs can be diverse, contradictory, and subject to change.

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Orientador: João Guilherme de Camargo Ferraz Machado / Coorientador: Ana Elisa Bressan Smith Lourenzani / Coorientador: Gessuir Pigatto / Banca: Andrea Rossi Scalco / Banca: Fabiana Cunha Viana Leonelli / Resumo: Transformações ocorridas na sociedade nos cenários econômicos, sociais, ambientais ocasionaram uma nova forma de atuar na agricultura, combinando a terra, o trabalho e a família. O morador do campo não atua mais somente como produtor de alimentos, mas passou a ser pluriativo, desenvolvendo também atividades não-agrícolas, que incluem comércio e serviços. Entre as atividades que caracterizam a multifuncionalidade no uso da terra estão os empreendimentos de turismo rural, que geralmente praticam a venda direta de produtos agroalimentares locais. Essa dissertação aborda o tema turismo rural e sua relação com a pluriatividade no campo e com as cadeias agroalimentares curtas em um estudo de caso em Borborema - SP, o agroturismo Caminho Caipira. O objetivo do trabalho foi investigar como o turismo se insere no espaço rural, verificando a potencialidade do Caminho Caipira para o turismo de Borborema De maneira específica, buscou-se analisar os pontos fortes e fracos do empreendimento, identificar a participação dos agentes públicos e privados na criação e manutenção do Caminho Caipira, e elencar os elementos que caracterizam a produção artesanal do empreendimento e sua relação com as cadeias curtas de comercialização. Para tal, a pesquisa teve caráter exploratório e descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa. A coleta de dados foi feita por meio de questionários semiestruturados aplicados sob os princípios da pesquisa participante. Concluiu-se que o Caminho Caipira possui potencial no tu... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Society transformations, in economic, social and environmental scenarios, led to a new way of working in agriculture, combining land, work and family. The residents of the field no more are only producer of food, but became pluriativos (people who words in several kinds of jobs) and also develop non-agricultural activities, including commerce and services. Among the activities that characterize the multifunctionality of land use are the rural tourism achievements, which usually practice the direct sale of local food products. This dissertation addresses the issue rural tourism and its relationship with pluriactivity in the field and with short food supply chains in a case study in Borborema - SP, the agritourism Caminho Caipira. The objective of this study was to investigate the insertion of the tourism into the rural áreas, and specifically to check the potential of Caminho Caipira for tourism of Borborema City, and the relation about the short circuits of sales. For this, the research was exploratory and descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection was made through semi-structured questionnaires on the principles of participatory research. It was concluded that the Caminho Caipira has potential for the Borborema City tourism and the adoption of direct sales was a convenience on the principles of sustainability and organic production which requires the seasonality of agroalimento. The survey also sought to identify the participation of the government in creating and mai... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC) can be understood as ‘alternatives’ to conventional, complex food chains that tend to dominate contemporary agri-food systems. They redefine producer-consumer relations through socially and physically ‘closer’, more transparent supply chains founded upon quality cues associated with provenance, whereby products become embedded with information about the spaces of production. It has been argued that SFSC can have significant socio-economic benefits for rural development, providing livelihoods for small-scale, independent food producers who would otherwise be marginalised from food markets. SFSC have received plenty of attention amongst ‘alternative’ agri-food scholars in recent years. However, empirical research has typically addressed SFSC in relation to a specific set of values, politics and traditions, examining a locale or region in relation to cultural structures ingrained in a particular context. This has resulted in vast amounts of agri-food literature with specific reference to the contexts of Europe, North America and other global North regions. Attention to countries from the global South has increased recently, but there are limited cross-cultural, comparative analyses between regions from the global North and South. This is surprising given that small-scale food producers the world over face similar obstacles associated with access to markets, adaptation to climate change, contradictory policies and development programmes and increased competition from imports. This research investigates how SFSC operate in context, drawing on evidence from case studies in rural regions of The Gambia, West Africa and East England; illustrative cases of the global North and South. This thesis adopts an inductive methodology, incorporating grounded theory and a range of qualitative methods and data analysis techniques. The regional food group Tastes of Anglia and social enterprise named ‘Gambia is Good’ served as gatekeepers and provided access to small-scale food producers in each case. The Sustainable (Rural) Livelihoods Framework as originally conceived by the Department for International Development (DFID) was used as a conceptual toolkit to guide data collection and analyses. This involved an amalgamation of the largely disparate ‘alternative’ agri-food literature with that of sustainable livelihoods, revealing the important role that horizontal embeddedness and vertical embeddedness have in the context of SFSC. This research has found that in The Gambia, limited access to capital assets, infrastructural constraints and a lack of social embeddedness between rural producers and customers in the high value tourist industry undermines SFSC as viable livelihood strategies. This is in contrast to the UK, where food producers have access to a wider set of resources and can also draw on established ‘quality’ cues associated with Product-Process-Place linkages to market their products. Results suggest this is due to the historical (agri)cultural trajectories of East Anglia and spatial-temporal synergies that enable products embedded with information to be differentiated in competitive marketplaces. The processes enabling this differentiation can be considered as a form of cultural capital. This cannot be as readily drawn upon in The Gambia given its different agricultural and political-economic histories, and comparatively weaker forms of vertical embeddedness. This raises questions about the relevance and transferability of SFSC models to contexts such as The Gambia and other ‘similar’ regions in sub-Saharan Africa and the global South. The broader implications of these findings are discussed and five future research agendas that explore the key processes of horizontal and vertical embeddedness in both the global North and South are presented.

Vermont is widely-regarded as a hub for artisan cheese production, with more cheesemakers per capita than any other US state. Despite significant local and statewide support, out-of-state markets are essential to the long-term success of these small-scale producers. In spatially extended supply chains, retailers occupy a pivotal position. This thesis aims to examine the intermediary role of retailers in building social networks between producers and consumers. Consumers appreciate Vermont artisan cheese, in part, because it is embedded in a complex network of social values and relations related to where and how it is produced. Guided by social theories of consumption, sensory experience, and exchange, a transdisciplinary, mixed-methods study was conducted in order to better understand cheese retailers' role in this network. First, participant observation and ethnographic interviews at a specialty cheese shop demonstrated how highly specialized cheese retail professionals (known as a cheesemongers) communicate social information about Vermont artisan cheese to consumers in practice. Specialized narratives are transmitted to consumers through in-store signage and social interactions. These stories also involve the cheesemonger as traveler, developing specialized knowledge of Vermont artisan cheese by traveling to the place of production. A second site of participant observation at a national conference for artisan cheese professionals added breadth to the study. While cheesemongers appear to agree that a certain level of intrinsic quality is necessary for consumer acceptance and preference, many also see the importance of, and derive pleasure from, knowing and conveying the social story, and perceive this to be an important part of their professional role and identity. Second, social network analysis provided a broader examination of relationships between Vermont artisan cheesemakers and retailers in the region. In order to collect data on these relationships, an online survey was distributed to Vermont artisan cheesemakers and follow-up phone calls were conducted. A combination of statistical and network analyses was used to visualize the social structure of the network, identify key actors, and examine qualities of the relationships. The findings suggest that the social network for Vermont artisan cheese is a multiplex system, in which a cheesemaker's relative position in the network is the result of a complex balance--and sometimes compromise--between a cheesemaker's needs, goals, and desires and their various retailers' needs, goals, and desires. Moreover, geographic proximity, time, experience, convenience, cost, history, loyalty, and regard all appear to be important factors in the type of relationship cheesemakers have with retailers, and whether a relationship is established at all.

Analisar as dinâmicas que envolvem a combinação de atividades realizadas no contexto rural mostra-se uma tarefa pertinente para a temática do agronegócio. A crescente valorização das culturas e sistemas de produção locais, dos produtos agroalimentares, das paisagens e do meio ambiente, bem como as dinâmicas das relações sociais e econômicas, impulsionam o surgimento de novas oportunidades para geração desenvolvimento econômico e social no meio rural. Nesse sentido, o desenvolvimento da atividade turística no espaço rural, motivado pela diversificação e pela demanda das novas relações com esse ambiente, expõe as possibilidades de exploração de novas oportunidades de mercado. Percebe-se que a valorização do local estimula não apenas a economia rural, mas também a atividade turística e o desenvolvimento de pequenos empreendimentos de uma determinada região. No caso dessa pesquisa, tais fatores são explorados através da identificação e análise das iniciativas de enoturismo e turismo gastronômico na região Sul do Brasil. Buscando discutir esse contexto, realizou-se um levantamento da literatura acerca das abordagens que conduzem a construção analítica do trabalho, posteriormente desenvolveram-se dois estudos, que, para a estrutura teórica, relacionam como fio condutor a temática do turismo no espaço rural, com a abordagem de cadeias curtas. O levantamento realizado serviu para embasar a análise dos dados selecionados para compor o estudo acerca do enoturismo e das entrevistas com atores locais, no caso do estudo referente ao turismo gastronômico, que também contempla outros elementos, como Indicações Geográficas e o movimento Slow Food. Como resultados da análise, pode-se considerar que, ao promover os produtos locais, valorizar o tradicional e as estruturas sociais e econômicas de uma determinada região é possível atingir o desenvolvimento regional e agregar valor para os produtos, valorizar os produtores e aproximá-los do setor varejista e de serviços, e, consumidores finais. / To analyze the dynamics involving the combination of activities in the rural context appears as a relevant task for the subject of agribusiness. The growing appreciation of cultures and local production systems, agri-food products, the landscapes and the environment, as well as the dynamics of social and economic relations, drive the emergence of new opportunities for generating economic and social development in rural areas. In this sense, the development of tourism in rural areas, driven by diversification and demand of new relations with the environment, exposes the possibilities of exploiting new market opportunities. It is noticed that the appreciation of the Local encourages not only the rural economy, but also the tourist activity and the development of small enterprises in a given region. In the case of this research, these factors are explored through the identification and analysis of wine tourism and gastronomic tourism initiatives in southern Brazil. Attempting to discuss this context was held a survey of the literature on approaches that lead to analytical construction of the study, subsequently were developed two studies, which, for the theoretical framework, relate as a guide the theme of tourism in rural areas, with the approach of short chains. The survey served to support the analysis of the data selected to compose the study of the wine tourism and interviews with local actors, in the case of study related to gastronomic tourism, which also includes other elements such as geographical indications and the Slow Food movement. As a result of the analysis, it can be considered that by promoting local products, enhance the traditional social and economic structures of a given region can achieve regional development and add value to the products, value producers and bring them closer of the retail sector and services, and consumers.

A ovinocultura leiteira tornou-se importante economicamente na América do Sul nas últimas décadas, sendo ainda pouco estudada no Brasil. O leite é destinado à produção de queijo, proporcionando valor agregado, sendo considerado fonte de renda aos produtores. Como ponto de partida para o estudo da ovinocultura leiteira, é proposta a descrição do sistema agroindustrial (SAG) para a melhor compreensão das relações entre os agentes. O estudo das cadeias agroalimentares, visando desempenho econômico superior, utiliza abordagens da microeconomia como Economia dos Custos de Transação (ECT), Economia dos Custos de Mensuração (ECM), Visão Baseada em Recursos (VBR) e Teoria do Empreendedor. Dentro dos SAGs existem as cadeias agroalimentares curtas, formas de organização e comercialização que buscam a proximidade entre produtores e consumidores. Este trabalho teve como objetivo descrever o SAG do leite ovino no Brasil, buscando entender as estratégias adotadas pelos agentes e propor uma metodologia de estudo as cadeias curtas. A pesquisa foi do tipo exploratória e de multi-caso, por meio de entrevistas com questionários pré-formulados. O SAG do leite ovino foi caracterizado como um sistema em cadeia curta pela aproximação do produtor com o consumidor, possuindo, na maior parte das vezes, apenas um agente responsável pelas diferentes etapas da cadeia. O sistema é composto, em termos de transformação tecnológica, em quatro grandes elos: insumos, produção primária, agroindústria e distribuição, sendo os insumos adquiridos em mercados spot. Foram identificadas 18 fazendas produtoras no país. As raças predominantes eram Lacaune e East Friesian, com média de 1,17 litros de leite/animal/dia, abaixo da média potencial para as raças (2 litros). Observou-se que 14 entre as 18 propriedades apresentam mão de obra familiar. Dentre os laticínios, quatro possuíam inspeção federal, três possuíam inspeção estadual e três possuíam inspeção municipal. Sete propriedades optaram por não ter o próprio laticínio, fazendo parte de cooperativa; as outras propriedades optaram pela integração vertical. A distribuição é realizada por delivery e venda em mercados pequenos ou lojas próprias. Os maiores centros consumidores encontram-se nos estados do Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo e Minas Gerais, havendo, porém, venda do produto em várias regiões do país. A principal característica do consumidor é o alto poder aquisitivo, fazendo-o buscar o produto em lojas especializadas. Pelo modelo das Cinco Forças de Porter, sugere-se que o sistema se apresenta sustentável e estável, sendo que o principal obstáculo para o crescimento são os produtos substitutos. Há falta de informações técnicas para melhorar a produção, assim, a verticalização do sistema e produção em cadeia curta parece ser a opção mais segura e rentável para os produtores. O modelo de estudo proposto permite analisar uma cadeia curta qualquer, caracterizando-a, com vistas à proposição de estratégias superiores de gestão e coordenação / The dairy sheep industry became economically important in South America in recent decades, but still little studied in Brazil. Milk is utilized for the production of cheese, providing added value, and it is considered a source of income to producers. As a starting point for the study of dairy sheep industry is proposed the description of the agro-industrial system for better understanding of the relationship between the agents. The study of the agri-food chains, targeting higher economic performance, uses microeconomic approaches as Economics of Transaction Costs (ETC), the Economics of Measurements Costs (EMC), Resource-Based View (RBV) and Entrepreneur Theory. Within the agribusiness, there are the \"short food supply chains\", forms of organization and marketing seeking the proximity between producers and consumers. This study aimed to describe the agribusiness of dairy sheep in Brazil, seeking to understand the strategies adopted by agents and propose a methodology to study the short food supply chains. The research was exploratory type and multi-case, through interviews with pre-formulated questionnaires. The agribusiness of dairy sheep was characterized as a short food supply chain system due to the approximation of the producer to the consumer having, in most cases, only one agent responsible for the different stages of the chain. The system is composed, in terms of technological transformation, in four major links: inputs, primary production, processing and distribution. The inputs are purchased in spot markets. It was identified 18 producing farms in the country. The predominant races were Lacaune and East Friesian, with an average of 1.17 liters of milk / animal / day, below the average potential for the races (2 liters). It was observed that 14 among the 18 properties had family labor. Among dairy products, four of them had federal inspection, three had state inspection and three had municipal inspection. Seven farms have chosen not to have the dairy itself but they were part of the cooperative; the other farms have opted for vertical integration. The distribution is carried out by delivery and sale in small markets or stores. The largest consumer centers are in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, however, there were sale of the product in various regions of the country. The main consumer characteristic is the high purchasing power, so they looked for the product in specialty stores. By the Porters five forces model, it is suggested that the system is sustained and stable and the main obstacle for growth are substitute products. There is a lack of technical information to improve production, so the verticalization of the system and production in a short chain system seems to be the safest and most costeffective option for producers. The proposed study model allows the analysis of any short food supply chain, characterizing it, with a view to proposing higher management strategies and coordination

No atual cenário mundial, problemas sociais e ambientais são desafios que mobilizam muitos na busca de alternativas inovadoras em relação ao paradigma vigente, como a inovação social e a tecnologia social. Em meio à transformação da dinâmica dos mercados agroalimentares, decorrente de mudanças no padrão de consumo alimentar, estão se destacando as cadeias agroalimentares curtas, que realizam uma aproximação entre produtores e consumidores. No contexto de Porto Alegre, foi criada uma cadeia agroalimentar curta, formada por sete cooperativas e associações de agricultores familiares, para atender a demanda criada pela Lei 11.947 de 2009, artigo 14, no âmbito do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar, que rege que, do total dos recursos financeiros destinados à alimentação escolar de todos os municípios brasileiros, no mínimo 30% deverão ser utilizados na aquisição de alimentos da agricultura familiar. Desta forma, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a cadeia curta de agricultores familiares fornecedora da alimentação escolar da cidade de Porto Alegre sob as perspectivas da inovação social, tecnologia social e cadeias agroalimentares curtas. O referencial teórico versou sobre essas três perspectivas. Foi realizado um estudo de caso na cadeia curta de cooperativas e associações de agricultores familiares que fornecem à alimentação escolar de Porto Alegre. Os dados primários foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas e anotações de campo. Os dados secundários são oriundos de documentos, de artigos e de websites. A análise e interpretação dos dados foram realizadas de acordo com a literatura da presente pesquisa. Os resultados evidenciaram que todas as dimensões de inovação social estavam presentes na cadeia curta estudada, assim como parte dos seus elementos. Como uma inovação social, ela encontra-se no estágio de implementação e sustentação. Todos os aspectos de tecnologia social foram encontrados na cadeia curta de cooperativas e associações. Os aspectos de cadeias agroalimentares curtas presentes na cadeia curta estudada auxiliaram no processo de inovação social e tecnologia social, assim como trouxeram benefícios para os atores envolvidos. As políticas públicas, principalmente a resolução do PNAE que favorece a agricultura familiar, foram importantes nesses três processos: de inovação social, de tecnologia social e na constituição de uma cadeia agroalimentar curta. / In the global scenario, social and environmental problems are challenges that mobilize many in the search for innovative alternatives to the current paradigm, such as social innovation and social technology. Amid, the dynamic transformation of agrifood markets, caused by a pattern of changing in the movement of food consumption, were short food supply chains carry out a connection between producers and consumers. In Porto Alegre, a short food supply chain was created within seven cooperatives and farmers associations, to supply a demand created by Law 11.947 of 2009, Article 14, under the “National School Feeding Program” which states that the city government must use a percentage, (at least 30%), of the resources for school feeding to purchase food directly from family farmers. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the short chain farmer’s provider of school meals in Porto Alegre under the perspectives of social innovation, social technology and short agrifood chains. The theoretical framework expounded on these three perspectives. We perform a case study on the short chain of cooperatives and farmers associations, which provides school feeding in Porto Alegre. Primary data was collected through semi-structured interviews and field notes. Secondary data came from documents, articles and websites. The analysis and interpretation of the data were performed according to the literature of this research. The results showed that all dimensions of social innovation were present in the studied short chain, as well as many of its elements. As a social innovation, it is in the implementation and support stage. All aspects of social technology were found in the short chain of cooperatives and associations. Aspects of short food supply chains presented in this short chain helped in the process of social innovation and social technology, and brought benefits to its different actors. Public policies, especially the resolution of PNAE, which favors family farms, were important in these three processes: social innovation, social technology and the development of a short food supply chain.

Local procurement by public bodies is one type of Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC), which have been argued to contribute to economic regeneration and local sustainable development. In the current UK policy environment, quantifying actual local economic gains could add much-needed weight to arguments in favour of local procurement in the NHS and other public bodies. To aid such quantification, this paper exemplifies and evaluates the use of a ¿quick and simple¿ tool called LM3, designed to measure the local economic benefit of initiatives like SFSCs. LM3 is calculated for the Cornwall Food Programme (CPF), a localised procurement initiative. The findings confirm that the CPF has a considerable impact on the local economy. Notwithstanding this conclusion, difficulties in data collection combined with inaccuracies inherent to the LM3 process created a large margin of error in the findings. Moreover, a qualitative evaluation of the CPF added a valuable understanding of the wider economic impact of the CFP. The use of an even simpler and more reliable ¿LM2¿ multiplier tool is recommended for future studies, accompanied by some qualitative evaluation to create a fuller picture of local economic impacts.

No atual cenário mundial, problemas sociais e ambientais são desafios que mobilizam muitos na busca de alternativas inovadoras em relação ao paradigma vigente, como a inovação social e a tecnologia social. Em meio à transformação da dinâmica dos mercados agroalimentares, decorrente de mudanças no padrão de consumo alimentar, estão se destacando as cadeias agroalimentares curtas, que realizam uma aproximação entre produtores e consumidores. No contexto de Porto Alegre, foi criada uma cadeia agroalimentar curta, formada por sete cooperativas e associações de agricultores familiares, para atender a demanda criada pela Lei 11.947 de 2009, artigo 14, no âmbito do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar, que rege que, do total dos recursos financeiros destinados à alimentação escolar de todos os municípios brasileiros, no mínimo 30% deverão ser utilizados na aquisição de alimentos da agricultura familiar. Desta forma, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a cadeia curta de agricultores familiares fornecedora da alimentação escolar da cidade de Porto Alegre sob as perspectivas da inovação social, tecnologia social e cadeias agroalimentares curtas. O referencial teórico versou sobre essas três perspectivas. Foi realizado um estudo de caso na cadeia curta de cooperativas e associações de agricultores familiares que fornecem à alimentação escolar de Porto Alegre. Os dados primários foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas e anotações de campo. Os dados secundários são oriundos de documentos, de artigos e de websites. A análise e interpretação dos dados foram realizadas de acordo com a literatura da presente pesquisa. Os resultados evidenciaram que todas as dimensões de inovação social estavam presentes na cadeia curta estudada, assim como parte dos seus elementos. Como uma inovação social, ela encontra-se no estágio de implementação e sustentação. Todos os aspectos de tecnologia social foram encontrados na cadeia curta de cooperativas e associações. Os aspectos de cadeias agroalimentares curtas presentes na cadeia curta estudada auxiliaram no processo de inovação social e tecnologia social, assim como trouxeram benefícios para os atores envolvidos. As políticas públicas, principalmente a resolução do PNAE que favorece a agricultura familiar, foram importantes nesses três processos: de inovação social, de tecnologia social e na constituição de uma cadeia agroalimentar curta. / In the global scenario, social and environmental problems are challenges that mobilize many in the search for innovative alternatives to the current paradigm, such as social innovation and social technology. Amid, the dynamic transformation of agrifood markets, caused by a pattern of changing in the movement of food consumption, were short food supply chains carry out a connection between producers and consumers. In Porto Alegre, a short food supply chain was created within seven cooperatives and farmers associations, to supply a demand created by Law 11.947 of 2009, Article 14, under the “National School Feeding Program” which states that the city government must use a percentage, (at least 30%), of the resources for school feeding to purchase food directly from family farmers. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the short chain farmer’s provider of school meals in Porto Alegre under the perspectives of social innovation, social technology and short agrifood chains. The theoretical framework expounded on these three perspectives. We perform a case study on the short chain of cooperatives and farmers associations, which provides school feeding in Porto Alegre. Primary data was collected through semi-structured interviews and field notes. Secondary data came from documents, articles and websites. The analysis and interpretation of the data were performed according to the literature of this research. The results showed that all dimensions of social innovation were present in the studied short chain, as well as many of its elements. As a social innovation, it is in the implementation and support stage. All aspects of social technology were found in the short chain of cooperatives and associations. Aspects of short food supply chains presented in this short chain helped in the process of social innovation and social technology, and brought benefits to its different actors. Public policies, especially the resolution of PNAE, which favors family farms, were important in these three processes: social innovation, social technology and the development of a short food supply chain.