Criteria | Civic food chain | Industrial food chain |
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Scale of production | Small scale production with local distribution | Large scale, widespread, high volume production/processing/distribution |
Business model | Independent decision making, production highly variable. Probably no business plan, do not make an income or pay tax | Large capital investment for production (hundreds of millions of Australian dollars) |
Employees | Likely no paid labour, no workers compensation, no OHS plan or HACCP plan | Paid workforce, worker education, safety plans in place and managed |
Value adding | Minimal value adding to food product | Value adding on some products. Use of cooking and freezers is likely |
Motivation | Motivation likely to be highly diverse and may include desire for healthy food, preference for organic foods, food taste, saving money, environmental sustainability, enjoyable lifestyle, cultural acceptance | Motivation is primarily monetary profit but other values will also be present |
Consumer access | Availability to consumers at same location as production/processing | Available at large retail supermarkets in addition to other food outlets |
Location | Location co-exists with house garden or community plot. Urban or residential-rural location | Multiple production and growing sites are likely. Both rural and urban locations |