Diverse adaptation strategies helped local food producers cope with initial challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic: Lessons from Quebec, Canada.

ABSTRACT: The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the vulnerability of food systems to disturbances. Advocates have promoted short food supply chains as more resilient and adaptable thanks to their embeddedness in local economic and ecological networks. As part of a broader case study on challenges facing farmers in local food supply chains in Québec, Canada, we asked farmers about the pandemic's impacts on food production and marketing in the province, including how food producers coped with these challenges. We sent an online questionnaire to 1,046 farmers who distribute food through direct marketing in Québec, identified through consumer-facing online platforms. We conducted follow-up interviews with 15 of the 133 farmers that completed the questionnaire to gain a better understanding of their pan

SUBMITTER: Schreiber K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8841159 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature