商品描述
This volume presents a thorough analysis of the concept and role of Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) within the EU legal framework with a two-fold aim: first, it shows the pitfalls of the current legal scenario, which often limits alternatives rather than promoting them, and second, it provides a new conceptualisation for SFSCs under EU law by delineating and integrating all their distinctive features.
Agricultural landscapes in the EU are now undergoing fundamental changes, revealing an increasing interest in SFSCs as a tool for promoting both local products and their food systems. Despite being the backbone of the EU agricultural system, SFSCs' position in the current socioeconomic narrative has not been sufficiently fostered. In response, the book traces how SFSCs have historically been dealt with under the agricultural rules of the CAP, and to a much lesser extent, those relating to internal market food law, delving into the intricate relationship between agricultural and food law.
The integration of these two disciplines into an agri-food law domain represented a pivotal shift in legal discourse, in particular in the context of SFSC regulation. The legal analysis extends its scope to encompass spatial and historical dimensions, enriching the contextual understanding of regulatory frameworks over time and across geographical boundaries.
This new conceptualisation does not aim to establish a universal, 'set-in-the-stone' legal definition for SFSC applicable across disciplines. Rather, it seeks to identify common themes and key features among various SFSC initiatives. These themes serve as the foundation for determining a set of minimum legal requirements for the recognition and valorisation of SFSC initiatives at the EU level, which Member States can then tailor to their specific needs. The goal is to lay the groundwork for developing a concept that can be effectively operationalised across different sectors and geographical dimensions.
The book makes a substantial contribution to the current academic debate, filling a significant gap in the existing CAP literature. On the one hand, it provides the first comprehensive and systematic analysis of all the measures that have addressed small farmers and SFSCs, from the CAP reforms up to the present day. On the other, by adopting a new multidisciplinary perspective encompassing legal, sociological, and agri-food studies, it raises new questions on the role of short supply chains in light of the Farm to Fork Strategy and beyond.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本卷對於短食品供應鏈（Short Food Supply Chains, SFSCs）在歐盟法律框架中的概念和角色進行了徹底的分析，旨在達成兩個目標：首先，顯示當前法律情境的陷阱，這些陷阱往往限制了替代方案（alternatives）的發展，而非促進它們；其次，通過界定和整合所有獨特特徵，為SFSCs在歐盟法律下提供一種新的概念化。
歐盟的農業景觀目前正經歷根本性的變化，顯示出對SFSCs作為促進本地產品及其食品系統的工具的日益關注。儘管SFSCs是歐盟農業系統的支柱，但其在當前社會經濟敘事中的地位尚未得到充分促進。為此，本書追溯了SFSCs在共同農業政策（CAP）農業規則下的歷史處理方式，以及在內部市場食品法規中相對較少的處理，深入探討了農業法與食品法之間的複雜關係。
這兩個學科的整合進入農業食品法領域，代表了法律話語中的一個關鍵轉變，特別是在SFSC的監管背景下。法律分析的範疇擴展到空間和歷史維度，豐富了對監管框架隨時間和地理邊界變化的背景理解。
這種新的概念化並不旨在建立一個普遍的、固定不變的SFSC法律定義，適用於各個學科。相反，它旨在識別各種SFSC倡議之間的共同主題和關鍵特徵。這些主題作為確定歐盟層面上SFSC倡議認可和價值化的最低法律要求的基礎，成員國可以根據其特定需求進行調整。目標是為發展一個可以在不同部門和地理維度中有效運作的概念奠定基礎。
本書對當前的學術辯論做出了重要貢獻，填補了現有CAP文獻中的一個重要空白。一方面，它提供了針對小農戶和SFSCs的所有措施的首次全面和系統的分析，涵蓋了從CAP改革到現在的所有內容。另一方面，通過採用一種新的多學科視角，涵蓋法律、社會學和農業食品研究，它提出了有關短供應鏈在“從農場到餐桌”戰略及其以外角色的新問題。
作者簡介
Mirta Alessandrini holds a Master's degree (cum laude) in Law from the University of Milan and a PhD in 'Agri-Food System' (EU Food Law) from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. She conducted a research visit at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) in 2019. She is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Law Group at Wageningen University (WUR), where she teaches Food Law and coordinates the Regulation and Legal Transformation of Food Systems course. She is an expert in the CAP, the Farm to Fork Strategy and Short Food Supply Chains - with a deep interest in all the legal issues this topic involves -, always tackling scientific research with an interdisciplinary approach.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
**Mirta Alessandrini** 擁有米蘭大學的法學碩士學位（優等），以及天主教聖心大學的「農業食品系統」（歐盟食品法）博士學位。她於2019年在加州大學聖克魯斯分校（UCSC）進行了研究訪問。她是瓦赫寧根大學（WUR）法律組的講師和研究員，教授食品法並協調食品系統的法規與法律轉型課程。她是共同農業政策（CAP）、從農場到餐桌策略及短食品供應鏈的專家，對這些主題所涉及的所有法律問題有深厚的興趣，並始終以跨學科的方式進行科學研究。
