@article{Hilchey_2011, place={Ithaca, NY, USA}, title={In This Issue: Small and Midscale Food Value Chains: A State of the Art}, volume={1}, url={https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/50}, DOI={10.5304/jafscd.2011.014.019}, abstractNote={<p>First paragraph:</p><p>In this issue of JAFSCD we present the state of the art in small and medium-sized food value chains — primarily from a North American perspective, but also with perspectives from Europe and South America. Values-based food supply chains (value chains) are strategic alliances between farms, ranches, and other supply chain partners who deal in sufficient volumes of high-quality, differentiated food products and distribute rewards equitably across the supply chain. As Stevenson and colleagues remind us, in FVCs, farmers and ranchers are treated as strategic partners, not as interchangeable — and exploitable — input suppliers. Ideally, all partners in these business alliances recognize that creating maximum value for the product depends on significant interdependence, collaboration, and mutual support.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development}, author={Hilchey, Duncan}, year={2011}, month={Sep.}, pages={1–2} }