Redes alimentarias alternativas en grandes ciudades: los mercados de productores agrarios en Madrid

Abstract

Alternative food networks have become an emerging topic of research in urban studies, which discuss and review the dominant patterns of production, distribution and consumption of food. The farmers markets are one of its forms that put in direct contact rural farmers and urban consumers, fostering proximity relationships and short circuits. This paper analyses the farmers markets in Madrid using a multi-method strategy that combines interviews, surveys and other complementary techniques. The results confirm their internal diversity, identify strategies of the different actors and defines their territorial impact, showing also their limitations.