Local Food Issues

• NEW!! Assessing fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions of two local food distribution options in Iowa
• Agro-biotechnology and organic food purchase in the United Kingdom
• Antibiotic Uptake by Plants from Soil Fertilized with Animal Manure
  • While raw and composted manure may be used with little restriction in conventional agriculture, the Canadian Organic standards require that manure used in organic farming be composted or be applied at least 90 days before harvest. In the study, the crops were harvested within only 42 days, so the findings may not apply to organic vegetables.
• Consumer motivations in the purchase of organic food: a means-end approach
• Consumers' preferences for locally produced food
  • A study in southeast Missouri
• Consumers' willingness to pay for organic food: factors that affect it and variation per organic product type
• The contribution of organic producer initiatives to rural development: a case-study approach
• Community Shared Agriculture Part 1 (NS)
• Community Shared Agriculture Part 2 (NS)
• Co-op's farmers work together to get local food to market
  Farmers sell the produce of other farmers in the co-op to help get enough volume and save a farmer from being at every market
• Does it make sense to buy locally produced organic products? (AUS)
• Eat Fresh and Grow Jobs , Michigan (PDF)
  • Published by the Michigan Land Institute
• Economic Benefits of a Food Policy Council
• Elevating Antioxidant Levels in Food Through Organic Farming and Food Processing
  • Report from USA's Organic Center
• The Elmira Auction- A win-win producers and sellers of local produce
• First IFOAM International Conference on the Marketing of Organic and Regional Values Concludes Local and Regional Development Have to be Strengthened by All Means
• First North American University Kitchen Goes Organic
• Food, Fuel and Freeways
  • Report by the Leopold Centre
• Gardens on roofs are pretty, a cool perq and maybe a cure for what ails us
  • Eye Weekly article by Nicole Cohen
• The Great Revival of Public Markets (USA)
  • Project for Public Spaces (PPS) article stating "America's future may be small vendors as much as big boxes"
• Growing Healthier Food -- Increasing Antioxidant Levels through Organic Farming and Food Processing by Charles M. Benbrook, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, The Organic Center (USA)
• Information asymmetries and consumption decisions in organic food product markets
• Just don't call it a food tax - Nova Scotia ponders grocery levy to give farmers a "last kick at the can"
  • Rural Delivery article, March 2007
• Local Food Plus (LFP)
  • Non-profit organization that promotes the development of vibrant local and regional economies across Canada by fostering food systems that are environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.
• Local Food Procurement Policies: A Literature Review (PDF, 202 kb)
• A lot more to food than ‘local’ and ‘organic’: Stahlbrand
  • AgriNews Interactive article, March 2006
• Negative publicity helps out American direct marketers
• A New Balance Sheet for Community Decisions
  • Local food producing areas need to be protected if we are to realize their potential
• Organic agriculture, environment and food security
• Organics Boost Eco-efficiency in Public Administrations
  • Report by International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
• Grow Local Organic: Organic Food Strategy for Ontario: Value-added Processing (PDF, 410 kb)
• Report of the Citizen Hearings on Food, Prince Edward Island, 2004
  • Report delivered as the Daniel O’Hanley Memorial Lecture,
    November 14, 2004, by Anne Bishop
• Rising costs could cook up opportunity for UK organic bakers
• The role of the concept of the natural (naturalness) in organic farming
• Ultimate season extension NewFarm© article
  • Winter CSAs use root cellars, hoophouses and on-farm processing to fill members' larders year-round.
• UN calls for farming revolution (BBC, April 15'08)
• Valuing organic farming: an experimental study of the consumer
• Why Our Food is So Dependent on Oil
  • by Norman Church, published on 2 Apr 2005 by Powerswitch (UK)
• Willingness to pay for food produced in accordance with nature conservation criteria: a survey of the food chain

Norbert Kungl at Halifax Farmers' Market, photo courtesy of Maggie Hope-Simpson