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Transition to organic food in Danish public procurement: can a top-down approach capture the practice?

Kristensen, N.H. and Hansen, M.W. (2013) Transition to organic food in Danish public procurement: can a top-down approach capture the practice? In: Løes, Anne-Kristin; Askegaard, Margrethe; Langer, Vibeke; Partanen, Kirsi; Pehme, Sirli; Rasmussen, Ilse A.; Salomon, Eva; Sørensen, Peter; Ullvén, Karin and Wivstad, Maria (Eds.) Organic farming systems as a driver for change, NJF Report, no. 9 (3), pp. 87-88.

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Summary

This paper is addressing the attention towards organic transition processes which takes place in a Danish political context at the moment. With departure in the explicit propositions in an organic vision 2020 launched by the Danish government the practice in public kitchens is presented and discussed. The main findings in several recent studies address the lack of relations between key actors in the field and the challenges in embedding the change into a resilient practice. Especially the relation between kitchen staff and the public administrations seems to be lacking. The political aim is translated into an economic support program dedicated only the teaching of kitchen staff, but does not see the relational character of the transition. Concluding remarks underlines the complexity of a transition approach and problematizes the narrow focus on educational activities as the primary initiative to make farmers and public kitchens convert their production to organic.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
Organic foods
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29261
English
Public sector
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32526
English
Politics
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49988
English
Kitchens
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9001009
Subjects: Food systems > Policy environments and social economy
Values, standards and certification > Regulation
Research affiliation: International Conferences > 2013: NJF Seminar 461 - Organic farming systems as a driver for change
ISSN:1653-2015
Deposited By: Sørensen, Peter
ID Code:24566
Deposited On:06 Nov 2013 21:56
Last Modified:06 Nov 2013 21:56
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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