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Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems
Land, 2023 Despite the extensive literature on Local Agro-food Systems (LAFS), which involves research on local food identity and organisational proximity, the environmental sustainability of these systems has rarely been addressed.
Javier Sanz-Cañada +2 more
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Food hubs play an essential role in the COVID-19 response in Hawai‘i
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021 Community food security and food systems resilience have received much emphasis in the last two decades, at least partially in response to mounting challenges and pressures on the global food system.
Saleh Azizi Fardkhales, Noa Lincoln
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Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021 This study focuses on how 10 food hubs in the U.S. Inland Northwest resourced their start-up and development before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Case studies include cooperative, government agency, nonprofit, and family-owned food
Darin Saul +2 more
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Regional Food Hub Resource Guide [PDF]
, 2012 A recurring challenge faced by farmers is the lack of distribution infrastructure and services to allow them to take greater advantage of the growing demand for locally and regionally grown food. Regional food hubs have emerged as one effective way to overcome these infrastructural and market barriers.
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Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community DevelopmentFood systems are increasingly complex and face threats from interconnected shocks with cascading effects. There is a need for strategies that increase food system resilience, including food hubs—a type of alternative food network that aims to enhance ...
Lindsay Harris +2 more
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Jordan’s Role in A Regional Food Hub
Jordan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2021 A Regional Food Hub that covers at least Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt is a necessity now more than any other time. This hub will allow the optimized flow of not only food products, but also various inputs, exchange of knowledge, coordination of policies, and joint response to emergencies.
Fadel El-Zubi, Eyas Shuaibi
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Applied Sciences, 2021 This paper investigates the problem of sustainable rural supply and urban distribution of fresh food products in central Colombia. Paradoxically, while farmers in the countryside suffer from poverty due to the low profitability of the agricultural ...
Gonzalo Mejía +5 more
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Economic Viability of a Food Hub Business: Assessment of Annual Operational Expenses and Revenues
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016 Food hubs—aggregation and distribution entities with social missions that include localization of food production and distribution systems—are receiving increasing attention from the public and foundation sectors as a means of catalyzing economic ...
Olya Rysin, Rebecca Dunning
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Policies Supporting Local Food in the United States
Agriculture, 2016 Local food has been the subject of federal, state, and local government policies in recent years throughout the United States as consumer demand has grown.
Steve W. Martinez
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 BackgroundMultiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease in which multiple factors contribute to disability accrual. Mediterranean Diet (MeDi) has shown beneficial effects across neurodegenerative diseases.
Federica Felicetti +12 more
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