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Local food

Local food is food that is produced within a short distance of where it is consumed, often accompanied by a social structure and supply chain different from the large-scale supermarket system.

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History

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Contemporary local food markets

Local food campaigns

Motivations for eating locally

Benefits

Criticism

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Local food

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples96
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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Local food

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related to Contemporary local food markets · 22
Local food → Columbia, CSAs, District, Florida, Heifers, In, In America, Index, Locavore Index, Maine, Nevada, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Strolling, Texas, There, They, US, Using, Vermont
related to Food miles · 13
Local food → According, As, Critical Animal Studies, Critics, Food, For, However, Lincoln University, New Zealand, Plus, Studies, The, Vasile Stănescu
related to history · 12
Local food → Agricultural Adjustment Act, American, At, Chicago, In, Midwest, Nutrition Education's, Society, The, These, United States, US
related to Local food campaigns · 12
Local food → After, Agriculture Department, CEFS, Cooperative Extension, Environmental Farming Systems, Golden LEAF Foundation, Launched, Local, North Carolina's, The, The Center, USDA
related to Definitions · 9
Local food → Conservation, Definitions, Energy Act, However, In May, No, The, The American Food, USDA
related to Motivations for eating locally · 6
Local food → Locavores, Many, Motivations, Reducing, The, This
related to Economic · 5
Local food → Farmers, Hood, In, Iowa, Promoting
related to Environmental · 3
Local food → In, It, Local
related to Nutritional · 3
Local food → If, Since, The

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theseinstance ofUsing metrics0.80text
a Vermont-based farminstance ofUsing metrics0.80text
food advocacy organizationinstance ofUsing metrics0.80text
Strolling of the Heifersinstance ofUsing metrics0.80text
publishes the annual Locavore Indexinstance ofUsing metrics0.80text
a ranking of the 50 US states plus Puerto Ricoinstance ofUsing metrics0.80text
the District of Columbiainstance ofUsing metrics0.80text
Christopher Weber's report on food miles have shown that the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions in production far outweighs those in transportationinstance ofStudies0.80text
which implies that locally grown food is actually worse for the environment than food made in factory farms.Economic feasibilityWhile locavorism has been promoted as a feasible alternative to modern food productioninstance ofStudies0.80text
some believe it might negatively affect the efficiency of productioninstance ofStudies0.80text
which implies that locally grown food is actually worse for the environment than food made in factory farmsinstance ofStudies0.80text
Local foodrelated to Contemporary local food marketsIn America0.60section

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