The project explores the role of value chains in supporting transformative farm practices, with a focus on the diversity of value chain coordination models that can be mobilized towards these goals. Using a configurational approach, Véronique aims to gather data from empirical cases of values-based value chains in the Midwest and beyond. Her analysis examines combinations of governance choices (governance structures, degree of integration, nature of coordination), stakeholder interactions’ features and context observed empirically. She intends to analyse these combinations through the lens of causal complexity, applying a qualitative comparative analytical process to identify and discuss the conjunctions that are empirically relevant in supporting agricultural transformative practices within the development of just value chains. 

• Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
• Kaufman Lab
• Organic Collaborative 
• Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management
• Food Studies Network