Place-based approaches to sustainable food supply chains: scaling socio-technical innovations as enablers for enhancing public sector food procurement

在气候变化、生物多样性丧失、土壤肥力枯竭、水污染、粮食不安全和饮食相关疾病的背景下，要实现粮食系统的转型，就需要在社会上公正地开发和实施新的理念、做法或技术，以解决我们“破碎”的粮食系统的弊端。目前，英国对扩大动态食品采购（DFP）的兴趣，以及通过其强大的购买力，基于地点的公共食品采购的关键作用，越来越多地被认为有可能在食品供应链（从农场到餐桌）上进行大规模改变，从而实现可持续的食品系统转型。该项目建议利用基于地方的公共食品采购，通过开放源代码的社会技术创新，包括动态食品采购、“市场对话”和团体认证等市场“手段”，推动向更包容、可持续、健康、多样化和有复原力的地方粮食系统转变。我们将开展四个案例研究，以确定基于地方的公共食品采购机会，审查障碍/制约因素和挑战，共同设计和实施地方驱动的解决方案，这些解决方案将降低公共食品采购的环境和财务成本，同时产生积极的经济、社会、营养和环境成果。我们将与最终用户（生产者和采购商）共同开发该项目，将影响贯穿始终，并将共同制作一系列产出，包括用于评估基于地点的公共部门粮食采购的可持续性影响的开放式网络工具包，以及用于指导建立新网络/伙伴关系的多媒体支持包。基于英国开放食品网络（OFN）作为促进威尔士成功试点研究的项目合作伙伴的直接经验，并与英国国家食品战略关于扩大DFP的建议保持一致，本研究的总体目标是批判性地评估基于地方的公共食品采购网络的条件，利用开源社会技术创新，可以扩大规模，为英国不同地理环境下的粮食系统实现社会公正转型所需的变革。它将通过在英国4个地点发展基于地方的协作公共部门食品采购伙伴关系产生新的见解，旨在促进社区主导的环境可持续、经济公平和社会公正的当地食品系统。该项目将实现以下目标：目标1：确定小规模生产者和公共采购者在建立基于地方的公共食品采购网络方面面临的机遇和挑战。Obj2：确定与应用和进一步发展开源社会技术创新有关的特点、机遇和挑战，以促进小规模生产者参与的基于地方的公共部门粮食采购。Obj3：批判性地评估基于地方的治理框架在为涉及小规模生产者的基于地方的公共采购网络创造有利环境方面的作用。Obj4：确定并应用最适当的指标，以监测和传播公共部门从小规模生产者处采购粮食的开源社会技术创新的可持续性影响、气候适应能力和社会价值。Obj5：通过开源的社会技术创新、市场对话和政策建议，加强小规模生产者和采购商之间的合作。

Transforming food systems in the context of climate change, biodiversity loss, soil fertility depletion, water pollution, food insecurity, and diet-related diseases requires the socially just development and implementation of new ideas, practices, or technologies that can address the drawbacks of our 'broken' food system. The current interest in the UK on expanding Dynamic Food Procurement (DFP) and the key role of place-based public food procurement through its significant buying power is increasingly recognised as having the potential to make large-scale changes along food supply chains (from farm to fork), leading to sustainable food system transformation.This project proposes to leverage place-based public food procurement to drive a shift to more inclusive, sustainable, healthy, diverse and resilient local food systems facilitated by open-source socio-technical innovations including dynamic food procurement, 'market dialogues' and market 'devices' such as group certification. We will conduct four case studies to identify the opportunities for place-based public food procurement, examine the barriers/constraints and challenges, co-design and implement locally driven solutions which will reduce environmental and financial costs of public food procurement while delivering positive economic, social, nutritional, and environmental outcomes. We will co-develop the project with end-users (producers and procurers) to embed impact throughout and will co-produce a range of outputs including an open access web-based tool kit for assessing the sustainability impacts of place-based public sector food procurement, and a multimedia support package to guide the set-up of new networks/partnerships.Building on direct experience of Open Food Network UK (OFN) as a project partner in facilitating successful pilot studies in Wales and aligned with the National Food Strategy's recommendation for expanding DFP in the UK, the overall aim of this research is to critically evaluate the conditions in which place-based public food procurement networks, utilising open-source socio-technical innovations, can scale to deliver the transformative changes needed for socially just transitions in food systems in different geographical settings within the UK.It will generate new insights from developing place-based collaborative public sector food procurement partnerships across 4 sites in the UK aimed at promoting community-led local food systems that are environmentally sustainable, economically fair and socially just.The project will address the following objectives:Obj1: Identify the opportunities and challenges faced by small-scale producers and public procurers in building place-based public food procurement networks.Obj2: Identify the characteristics, opportunities and challenges relating to the application and further development of open-source socio-technical innovations for place-based public sector food procurement involving small-scale producers.Obj3: Critically evaluate the role of place-based governance frameworks in creating an enabling environment for place-based public procurement networks involving small-scale producers.Obj4: Identify and apply the most appropriate indicators to monitor and communicate the sustainability impacts, climate resilience, and social value of open-source socio-technical innovations for place-based public sector food procurement from small-scale producers.Obj5: Enhance collaboration between small-scale producers and procurers through open-source socio-technical innovations, market dialogues, and policy recommendations.