Avoiding the Local Trap

By B. Born, Mark Purcell. 2006

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Bridging sustainability and the social economy: Achieving community transformation through local food initiatives (2011, background): “However, as Born and Purcell (2006) demonstrate, ‘localness’ of a food system should not be seen as having any inherent qualities – it is merely a strategy that can be applied by any group of actors to advance particular agendas.”
The Intersection of Planning, Urban Agriculture, and Food Justice: A Review of the Literature (2017, background): “…out that the growing local and sustainable food movement has too often prioritized strategies, like food certifi cation and labeling, that are only accessible to people of higher economic means rather than efforts targeted more explicitly to social justice (P. Allen, 2010 ; Born & Purcell, 2006 ).”
Standardizing sustainable development? The Forest Stewardship Council's plantation policy review process as neoliberal environmental governance. (2010, background): “Following (Smith (1992, 1993), Born and Purcell (2006) point out that scale is fluid, but also fixed.”
Is Local Enough? Some Arguments for Regional Food Systems (2010, background): “(See “Avoiding the Local Trap”, Born and Purcell 2006).”
Food and Gastronomy for Sustainable Place Development: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Different Theoretical Approaches (2017, background): “As Born and Purcell [46] indicate, avoidance of what they term “the local trap” is necessary, i.”
Community food security via urban agriculture: Understanding people, place, economy, and accessibility from a food justice perspective (2012, background): “Additionally, Born and Purcell (2006) argue that, “there is nothing inherent about any scale” (p. 195), suggesting that just because food is local, that does not make it socially just.”
Unfolding Webs: The Dynamics of Regional Rural Development (2008, background): “Hence uncritical and rigid focus on endogeneity may lock RD opportunities in the perceived strengths and traditions of the locale and function as something of a straitjacket - a reminder of the negative consequences of the 'local trap' (Born and Purcell, 2006; see also Allen 1999; Guthman 1998; Hinr”
Market Access for Local Food through the Conventional Food Supply Chain (2011, neutral): “Despite a number of caveats (e.g., Saunders, et al. 2009), there is a perception that local food production and consumption is more environmentally sustainable (e.g., Born and Purcell, 2006).”
Urban agriculture of the future: an overview of sustainability aspects of food production in and on buildings (2014, background): “This bias might be explained by Born and Purcell (2006) who describe a widespread problem, the so-called ‘‘local trap,’’ in food-system research.”
Transition towards Circular Economy in the Food System (2016, background): “While local foods initiatives provide interesting examples of experiments in circular food economy, it is important to remember that the sustainability of any food system is contextual and dependent upon ecologically sound farming practices [37,38].”