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Table 4 Assessment—sustainability

From: Food solidarity economy: evaluating transition community initiatives in Friuli Venezia Giulia region

Evaluation criteria

Patto della Farina del Friuli Orientale

Pan e farine di Muçane

Pan e farine dal Friûl di Mieć

Assessment—sustainability

Volunteer participation and duties

Functional—distribution organization and management; meeting management; communication (conferences…)

Informal—word-of-mouth communication

Informal—word-of-mouth communication

Functional—distribution organization and management; communication; events

Informal—word-of-mouth communication

Induced jobs

Indirect (seasonal)

2 (social cooperative)

2 (part-time)

Community changes

Leading group has not changed; individual participation has created a melting pot rather than a community

Not significant

Increased sense of identity and belonging

Changes in consumption models

Increased awareness on sustainable consumption; self-production

Low

Increased awareness on quality productions