The Secret Recipe for Economic Jam: Local Premium Food Systems as Entrepreneurial Eco-systems for Sustainable Regional Development

This paper examines the opportunity for food and farm entrepreneurs to participate in their regional food systems and considers their potential to contribute to regional sustainability. In many regions premium local food offers an important avenue toward sustainable regional development, however we ask, is there really opportunity for entrepreneurial expression in regional food systems? What are the challenges and opportunities to farming and food entrepreneurship in the face of industrial production of generic consumables? An investigation of the Barossa Valley regional food system revealed community challenges for food and farming entrepreneurs, and delivered some important insights into entrepreneurial leverage, community sustainability and economic jam