Add to ORKGMany local and regional food consumers state their intention to support local communities as the motivation behind buying local or regional food. This chapter compares this view to an economic perspective of what creates value and prosperity in a community. The economic perspective is generally less optimistic of the benefits of local or small scale production. However, as seen towards the end of the chapter, local and regional food producers still have an important role to play on the food market by adopting suitable strategies.REGFOO
Emphasis on local foods and local food systems has often meant that the importance of other scales g...
The local food movement in the Portland Metro Region of Oregon is as prevalent as anywhere in the Co...
Hospitals, schools, universities, and government agencies anchor towns and cities by driving economi...
Many local and regional food consumers state their intention to support local communities as the mot...
It is observed that quality of mass produced and highly processed food forces consumers to change th...
In order to understand the potential of local and regional food, we must first understand what it is...
The recent increase in momentum seen in the local food movement has brought to light the need for an...
Rural economies across North America continue to see the positive impacts of the rise of the local f...
The goal of this project was to work with institutional food buyers to explore and implement ways th...
Local food production movements have claimed a central role in proposals to mitigate some of the neg...
One popular approach in the recent discussion around sustainable food systems has been to encourage ...
The purported benefits of local food systems (LFSs) are extensive and diverse. While a growing gener...
In recent years, the demand for local food by consumers has grown significantly. The Direct-to-consu...
There have been moves towards greater localization in our approaches to the economy and services we ...
Various types of local food systems are being touted as a means of engendering local economic growth...
Emphasis on local foods and local food systems has often meant that the importance of other scales g...
The local food movement in the Portland Metro Region of Oregon is as prevalent as anywhere in the Co...
Hospitals, schools, universities, and government agencies anchor towns and cities by driving economi...
Many local and regional food consumers state their intention to support local communities as the mot...
It is observed that quality of mass produced and highly processed food forces consumers to change th...
In order to understand the potential of local and regional food, we must first understand what it is...
The recent increase in momentum seen in the local food movement has brought to light the need for an...
Rural economies across North America continue to see the positive impacts of the rise of the local f...
The goal of this project was to work with institutional food buyers to explore and implement ways th...
Local food production movements have claimed a central role in proposals to mitigate some of the neg...
One popular approach in the recent discussion around sustainable food systems has been to encourage ...
The purported benefits of local food systems (LFSs) are extensive and diverse. While a growing gener...
In recent years, the demand for local food by consumers has grown significantly. The Direct-to-consu...
There have been moves towards greater localization in our approaches to the economy and services we ...
Various types of local food systems are being touted as a means of engendering local economic growth...
Emphasis on local foods and local food systems has often meant that the importance of other scales g...
The local food movement in the Portland Metro Region of Oregon is as prevalent as anywhere in the Co...
Hospitals, schools, universities, and government agencies anchor towns and cities by driving economi...