How do representations of sustainable food consumption change among different generations of critical consumers? Insights from Civic Food Networks in Milan

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How do representations of sustainable food consumption change among
different generations of critical consumers? Insights from Civic
Food Networks in Milan

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STUDI DI SOCIOLOGIA

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STUDI DI SOCIOLOGIA - 2024 - 4. Food consumption and sustainability. Social representations, public discourses and individual narratives

Titolo

How do representations of sustainable food consumption change among different generations of critical consumers? Insights from Civic Food Networks in Milan

Autore

Cecilia Cornaggia

Editore

Vita e Pensiero

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12-2024

Doi

10.26350/000309_000204

Issn

0039-291X (stampa) | 1827-7896 (digitale)

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From the last decades of the 20th Century, facing the criticalities of the agri-food system, some consumers in industrialized countries have started to build Civic Food Networks (CFNs) for sustainable food provisioning. In Italy, the most widespread form of CFNs is Solidarity Purchasing Groups (SPGs). SPGs were founded both with the aim of acquiring sustainable food and with the political ideal of transforming society by reconfiguring the economic relations between producers and consumers. Today, in a context in which sustainable food is easily accessible, what is the sense for young people to start new CFNs? Using a selection of qualitative materials, the article compares the meanings that two different generations of CFNs founders attribute to their consumption practices. The results show that they share similar representations of sustainable consumption, but the younger generation doesn’t attribute to it a political meaning. This reflects into a more flexible participation in CFNs.