Reframing Food Aid. The intervention research Uniterres-Ecoales in Poitou-Charentes and Aquitaine (France)
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Reframing Food Aid. The intervention research Uniterres-Ecoales in Poitou-Charentes and Aquitaine (France)
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keyword: conference-papers
keyword: logistique-de-la-filiere
keyword: epiceries-sociales-et-solidaires
keyword: maraichage
keyword: shshumanities-and-social-sciences
keyword: market-gardening
keyword: food-aid
keyword: aide-alimentaire
keyword: food-supply-logistics
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keyword: social-grocery
keyword: circuits-courts
keyword: short-food-chain
landing page: 5th AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference
description: This paper is based on the intervention research ECOALES (" Empowerment, Comportements Alimentaires et Economie Solidaire "- Empowerment, Food Behaviour and Social Economy) which is led in partnership with the Association Nationale de Développement des Épiceries Solidaires A.N.D.E.S - National Association for solidarity food stores). This association has set up an innovative short supply channel for fruit, vegetable and eggs, for solidarity grocery recipients. This experience has started in June 2012 in Poitou-Charentes and in November 2012 in Aquitaine. One of the objectives is to increase the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetable among food aid recipients; another one is to support farmers temporarily by buying their products at a sustainable price (thanks to public funding) via a pre-order system. This intervention also includes cooking workshops, visits to farms and special festive events around a chef and farmers, aiming at replacing food in its social, cultural and participative dimensions. The underlying hypothesis is that the valorisation of relations between producers and consumers and culinary competence are beneficial to food habits and behaviours and therefore to health. The project monitoring in both regions reveals the importance of logistics in the organisation of both collection and delivery of farm products: in fact the role (and personality) of both coordinators hired (one in Poitou-Charentes, the other one in Aquitaine) appears to be a key element for the success of the whole Uniterres project. We will particularly focus on the diverse constraints to be reconciled: the creation of a link between grocery stores and farmers, who voluntarily take part to this intervention, but who are spread over a large territory; the articulation between support to farmers in a difficult situation and supply in quality fruit and vegetable in sufficient quantity; meeting the consumers' expectations, considering seasonal and weather variability and product availab…
issued: 2026-05-08T05:41:52.674266
language: en
modified: 2026-05-08T05:41:52.674272