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Showing 1 to 20 of 157 for “"Local food"”.
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Local Food and Economic Development
This dissertation examines the potential of local food as an economic development strategy in the United States. Using an interdisciplinary approach it traces the development of the local food movement within the broader historical context of U.S. agriculture, assesses the empirical evidence for …
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Developing resilience through local food
… is an illustration of how the conventional food system, in the way its production is disconnected from the local environment and the people it serves, creates instability and uncertainty in that which we depend on for our survival. Following the discussion on the unstable nature of the …
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Message effectiveness in the local food context
The local food movement has grown in popularity and might be beneficial both to individuals and communities. Most messaging strategies around local foods incorporate environmental or social elements, however a dominant branding strategy does not currently exist. We uncovered three common factors …
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The sociology of local food and transformational engagement: a case study of the rise of the local food movement
This qualitative ethnographic case study of the local food movement in Larimer County, Colorado is an examination of the epistemological nature of how key players like chefs, farmers and local food advocates create and reinforce the local food movement. This thesis examines sociological process, …
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Growing pains: the local food movement in northern Colorado
Global food and agribusiness corporations exhibit significant control over food production and consumption. Around the world, people contest this corporate food regime through efforts like local food movements. Critics often undermine the power of localism movements and claim that local food is a …
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Overcoming Barriers to Local Food Access: A Case Study
<p>This thesis focuses on the idea that food insecurity and access are real issues in the lives of many Americans. Simply stated, food insecurity is when a person does not have enough food to eat or does now know where his/her next meal is coming from. More importantly when looking at food …
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Distant Localities: The Rhetorical Contradictions Of Local Food Narratives
… explores the rhetorical construction of the local food movement through the narrative genre of the food exposé. On its face, local food appears to be a grassroots movement, and yet, through an analysis of the tropes used to describe and construct the movement, another story emerges – one …
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Rebuilding local food systems: marketing and economic implications for communities
… and mid-scale distributors, focused on providing locally sources foods to structure their businesses. The concept of value chains is still relatively new, so by conducting case studies of successful value chains this thesis provides insight into the best practices for new value chains, organized …
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Fertile ground: enhancing local food production in Delft, South Africa
… operation that will create jobs, supply healthy food and reestablish farming as a lucrative business in an impoverished community. It is intended to inspire people to transform the landscape of local food production and sustainable agricultural practice. Most impoverished communities tend to feel …
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Does U.S. food aid have disincentive effects on local food production?
Food aid is an important tool to fight poverty and avert humanitarian crises in developing countries. Although multiple studies on U.S. food aid have been carried out in the past few decades, the answer to the question— what is the impact of food aid on agricultural production— remains unclear. …
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Food access in local food retail stores: a mixed method approach
This mixed methods study focuses on food access in local food retail environments within three neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Food deserts are areas in which residents have limited access to healthy foods. African Americans and populations residing in low-income urban neighborhoods …
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Enhancing integration of local food systems into spatial planning in Lusaka, Zambia.
… lack of cogent integration and consideration of food systems (FS) in spatial planning. This has exacerbated the ongoing food insecurity in urban regions. This exigent situation calls for the integration of food systems into spatial planning. In Zambia, the proposed Lusaka City Region Food System …
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Enhancing integration of local food systems into spatial planning in Lusaka, Zambia.
… lack of cogent integration and consideration of food systems (FS) in spatial planning. This has exacerbated the ongoing food insecurity in urban regions. This exigent situation calls for the integration of food systems into spatial planning. In Zambia, the proposed Lusaka City Region Food System …
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Eating empire, going local: Food, health, and sovereignty on Pohnpei, 1899-1986
Eating Empire, Going Local centers the island of Pohnpei, Micronesia in a global story of colonial encounter and dietary change. It follows Pohnpeians and Pohnpei’s outer Islanders in their encounters with Spain, Germany, Japan, and the United States, negotiating, adapting to, and resisting empire …
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From Rural Ground to Rural Grocery: Designing a local food value chain
Present-day food systems in the U.S. are fraught with challenges that have spillover effects ranging from economic hardship of agricultural communities, inequitable access to nutritional foods, asymmetrical distribution of subsidies, and harsh environmental strains. Further contributing to a …
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Challenges and opportunities for consumers and producers in Central Iowa local food systems
Conventional food systems represent a large-scale and industrial approach to production and distribution of products which often travel long distances to reach consumers. Increasing evidence indicates that this approach, although it provides large quantities of food and is cost-efficient, may be …
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Building Marketing Capacity of Local Food Systems: Case Studies from the Shenandoah Valley
… and Chesapeake Bay watershed. Having sufficient food system infrastructure available and accessible to these farm operations is essential to help them add value to their farm products; diversify their operations and differentiate their farm and food products in an increasingly competitive and …
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Fresh Squeezed: The Dilemma of Local Food Production Along Colorado's Front Range Urban Corridor
… urban/agricultural battlefield. The history of food production and urbanization in this area is similar to many regions throughout the western United States. Originally an extraction based economy, Colorado later became agriculturally/pastorally based, and more recently became a service-based, …
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Local food availability, diet and obesity: Development and empirical testing of a complex theory
… a range of chronic diseases. Aspects of the local food environment, including food availability, have been linked to less healthy diets and increased body weight in adults. However, there is limited theory development to guide the synthesis of empirical studies or the design and evaluation of …
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