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Global and local perspectives on food security and food systems

Communications Earth & Environment
Our health and active life depend critically on nutritious food. While agriculture and food production increased over the past decades, millions of people are still unable to meet their dietary needs, starkly contrasting the overconsumption and the ...
Jessica Fanzo, Bart de Steenhuijsen Piters, Ariel Soto-Caro, Arlette Saint Ville, Mohammed Mainuddin, Jane Battersby   +5 more
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Agency in resilient local food systems

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Introduction How can resilience of local food systems be strengthened? Inwood et al. (2025) recommend the CLIMATED framework (Worstell, 2020; Worstell & Green, 2017), because it emphasizes social infra­structure that is modularly connected, conserva ...
Jim Worstell
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Local Food Systems Food Safety Concerns. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr, 2018
ABSTRACT Foodborne disease causes an estimated 48 million illnesses and 3,000 deaths annually (Scallan E, et al., Emerg Infect Dis 17:7–15, 2011), with U.S. economic costs estimated at $152 billion to $1.4 trillion annually (Roberts T, Am J Agric Econ 89:1183–1188, 2007; Scharff RL,
Chapman B, Gunter C.
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Historical Construction of Local Food System Transformations in Lebanon: Implications for the Local Food System

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Food system transformations occur in a complex political, economic, social, and territorial landscape. The study provides a historical construction of global food regime changes and the adaptiveness, transformability, and resilience of the local food system in Lebanon, a Middle Eastern context.
Walid Mukahhal, Gumataw Kifle Abebe, Rachel A. Bahn, Giuliano Martiniello, Giuliano Martiniello   +4 more
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Local Food Systems for a Healthy Population [PDF]

North Carolina Medical Journal, 2012
Working together across disciplines and organizational boundaries, North Carolina is leading national efforts to foster environments that increase access to healthy foods and raise awareness about the complexity and benefits of local food systems.
Nancy G, Creamer, Rebecca D, Dunning
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Activating the local food system in emergency food response

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021
Resilient local food systems are a necessary component to keep our communities healthy, especially during times of emergency. With a history of supporting local farmers and food access in less-resourced communities, Fresh Approach was in a prime position at the time of shelter-in-place orders to pivot our efforts to emergency food relief in this time ...
Andy Ollove, Samiha Hamdi
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Citrus BMP Implementation in Florida's Gulf Citrus Production Area: Pesticides

EDIS, 2015
This paper explores the transformative role of technology in supply-chain management within the food industry, focusing on electronic devices, information technology, and green and sustainable technologies.
Jonathan A. Watson, Allen F. Wysocki, Ray A. Bucklin   +2 more
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A REPLICABLE MODEL FOR VALUING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS [PDF]

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2015
AbstractWe use the underlying data of the IMPLAN Pro 3.0 regional economic simulation model to estimate the current economic contribution of Michigan's local food system and explore the chain of transactions giving rise to consumption of locally sourced goods from producer to processor to consumption.
Miller, Steven, Mann, John, Barry, Judith, Kalchik, Tom, Pirog, Rich, Hamm, Michael W.   +5 more
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IN THIS ISSUE: Reflexive and Inclusive: Reimagining Local Government Engagement in Food Systems

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2018
First paragraphs: Introduction It is time to shift the trajectory of how local gov­ernments engage in communities’ food systems. Local and regional government (LRG) involvement in food systems is essential and welcome, of course.
Samina Raja, Jill K. Clark, Julia Freedgood, Kimberley Hodgson   +3 more
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Food systems change and the alternative campus foodscape

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2023
Postsecondary students, staff, and faculty across North America are actively involved in trans­forming food systems on campuses and beyond. Much of the scholarship documenting these inroads has focused on procurement, production, and pedagogy.
Michael Classens, Kaitlyn Adam, Sophia Srebot   +2 more
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