Food hubs in a new public place
International Journal of Scientific Management and Tourism, 10 (1):
426–449 (February 2024)DOI: 10.55905/ijsmtv10n1-020
Abstract
This article covers the concept of food hubs and their relation with the common places, and other possible interactions within the civil society, in the eyes of the theoretical point of view of the “social practical theory”. Resembling the conceptualization of the food hubs more in a general way considering the problems and particularities of these systems, recognizing the different business models in the market. Additionally, we will explore some of the values and prerogatives spread by those hubs in connection with the environmental and climate change assumptions and scientific research, using a short supply chain to distribution channels in their commercial transactions. Understanding the role of the hubs in building a sustainable transformation together with those movements, NGOs, private and government initiatives additionally with the digitalization of information and relations between societies.