ALTERNATIVE DIETS

Environmental sustainability

 

Meat consumption in developed and developing countries (FARRELL, Alex and HART, Maureen (1998). What Does Sustainability Really Mean? The Search for Useful Indicators, Environment 40, no. 9, issue 11, p 4-9.)

Growing method of the food items that are chosen by alternative diet followers (BATTE, M. T., HOOKER, N. H., HAAB, T. C., & BEAVERSON, J. (2007). Putting their money where their mouths are: Consumer willingness to pay for multi-ingredient, processed organic food products. Food Policy,  Vol 32, Issue 2, p. 145-159.)

Transportation length (CANNING, P. (2010). Fuel for food: Energy use in the U.S. food system. Amber Waves, Vol. 8, Issue 3, p. 10-15.)

 

Social sustainability

 

Diet mainstreaming (THOMPSON, D (2011). The Mainstreaming of Vegan Diets. U.S. News & Word Report, Dec 2011, p.1.)

Health consequences (ALAVANJA, M. C., ROSS, M. K., BONNER, M.R. (2013). Increased cancer burden among pesticide applicators and others due to pesticide exposure,  CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, Vol. 63, Issue 5, p. 366-367.

LEITZMANN, C. (2003). Nutrition ecology: the contribution of vegetarian diets, The American journal of clinical nutrition, Vol. 78, Issue 3, 657S-659S.)

Moral and social incentive (ROZIN, P, MARKWITH, M and STOESS, C (1997). Moralization and becoming a vegetarian: The Transformation of Preferences Into Values and the Recruitment of Disgust, Psychological Science, Vol 8, Issue 2, p. 67-73)

 

Economic sustainability

 

Agriculture profitability (REDLINGSHOFER, B (2006). Vers une alimentation durable ? Ce qu’enseigne la littérature scientifique, Courrier de l’environnement de l’INRA n°53)

Food processing and industrialization (BATTE, M. T., HOOKER, N. H., HAAB, T. C., & BEAVERSON, J. (2007). Putting their money where their mouths are: Consumer willingness to pay for multi-ingredient, processed organic food products. Food Policy,  Vol 32, Issue 2, p. 145-159.)

Purchasing power (LOHR, L. (2001). Factors affecting international demand and trade in organic food products. Changing structure of global food consumption and trade, 67-79.)