TY - JOUR AU - Heckelman, Amber A. PY - 2018/05/08 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Primer on Local Food Systems JF - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JA - J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev. VL - 8 IS - 2 SE - Review DO - 10.5304/jafscd.2018.082.003 UR - https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/577 SP - 153-155 AB - <p><em>First paragraph:</em></p><p>Jennifer Robinson and James Farmer’s <em>Selling Local: Why Local Food Movements Matter </em>consoli­dates decades of research on the local food move­ment, drawing attention to the array of local food developments in the U.S. Midwest and Appalachia regions. The authors provide a narrative that weaves together voices from various stakeholders, taking the reader from farmers markets to community supported agriculture (CSA) to food hubs, while providing a scholarly analysis of the diverse capacities and limitations of these enterprises as well as offering a framework for assessing local food initiatives.</p><p class="JBodyText">The title and content page hint at the under­lying purpose of this book, which is to support the local food movement by identifying strengths, weaknesses, and leverage points that may be tap­ped to improve the capacity and success of diverse initiatives—all of which are necessary and impor­tant endeavors for cultivating and expanding local food systems....</p> ER -