Local Food Issues

• 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
• Consumer motivations in the purchase of organic food: a means-end approach
• Consumers' preferences for locally produced food
• 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
• Community Shared Agriculture Part 2
• Co-op's farmers work together to get local food to market
• Does it make sense to buy locally produced organic products?
• The Elmira Auction- A win-win producers and sellers of local produce
• Food, Fuel and Freeways (Leopold Centre)
• The Food Movement, Rising

• A geographic approach to place and natural resource use in local food systems
• How to build a local food system
• Is Nova Scotia Eating Local? (Ecology Action Centre)
• Local Food isn't as Expensive as People Think
• 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)
• Local Food Systems: Concepts, Impacts, and Issues

• A lot more to food than ‘local’ and ‘organic’: Stahlbrand
• Negative publicity helps out American direct marketers
• A New Balance Sheet for Community Decisions
• Organic agriculture, environment and food security
• Organics Boost Eco-efficiency in Public Administrations
• Produce Auctions - Resources and Information
• 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
• Rising costs could cook up opportunity for UK organic bakers
• Sustainable (Organic) Agriculture and Alternative Marketing as Alternatives to Globalization
• Teaching diversified organic crop production using CSA system model
• Ultimate season extension (NewFarm© article)
• UN calls for farming revolution
• Why Our Food is So Dependent on Oil
• 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

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