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Local and regional food systems : trends, resources and federal initiatives / Jillian Crawford, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Agriculture issues and policies.
- Agriculture Issues and Policies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food supply--United States.
- Food supply.
- Food supply--Government policy--United States.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Local and regional food systems generally refer to agricultural production and marketing that occurs within a certain geographic proximity (between farmer and consumer) or that involves certain social or supply chain characteristics in producing food (such as small family farms, urban gardens, or farms using sustainable agriculture practices). Sales of locally produced foods comprise a small but growing part of U.S. agricultural sales. USDA estimates that farm-level value of local food sales totaled about 4.8 billion in 2008, or about 1.6% of the U.S. market for agricultural products. An estim
- Contents:
- LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS: TRENDS, RESOURCES AND FEDERAL INITIATIVES; LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS: TRENDS, RESOURCES AND FEDERAL INITIATIVES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE ROLE OF LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS IN U.S. FARM POLICY; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; LOCAL FOOD MARKETS; FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES; CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS; APPENDIX. OVERVIEW OF SELECTED FEDERAL PROGRAMS; Chapter 2: TRENDS IN U.S. LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS; ABSTRACT; WHAT IS THE ISSUE?; WHAT DID THE STUDY FIND?; HOW WAS THE STUDY CONDUCTED?; INTRODUCTION
- LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD PRODUCERSFOOD SAFETY AND LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING; PRICES AT DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER MARKETING OUTLETS VERSUS COMPETING RETAILERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RELATED TO LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOODS; POLICIES SUPPORTING LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-63482-776-7
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