Local and regional food systems :: trends, resources and federal initiatives /

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 fa...

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Weitere Verfasser: Crawford, Jillian (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Agriculture issues and policies.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:"This is an edited, reformatted and augmented version of a Congressional Research Service publication R42155, prepared for Members and Committees of Congress dated July 17, 2014."
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-191) and index.
ISBN:9781634827768
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