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Local & Regional Food Systems: Trends, Resources & Federal Initiatives
Jillian Crawford
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Description for Local & Regional Food Systems: Trends, Resources & Federal Initiatives
Hardback. Editor(s): Crawford, Jillian. Num Pages: 153 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCT; KNAC; TVB; TVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
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 estimated total of 107,000 farms are engaged in local food systems, ... Read more
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 estimated total of 107,000 farms are engaged in local food systems, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
153
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781634827751
SKU
V9781634827751
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