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Local food (or locavore) movements aim to connect food producers and consumers in the same geographic region, to develop more self-reliant and resilient food networks, improve local economies, or to affect the health, environment, community, or society of a particular place. [2]
These are locally based and governed 501(c)3 non-profit organizations that hold events and education outreach programs that benefit their communities while carrying out the message of the slow food movement and advancing the local environmental movement. The movement also encourages the creation of urban gardens. [29]
A "farm-to-table" dinner at Kendall-Jackson used produce from the winery's on-site garden.. Farm-to-table (or farm-to-fork, and in some cases farm-to-school) is a social movement which promotes serving local food at restaurants and school cafeterias, preferably through direct acquisition from the producer (which might be a winery, brewery, ranch, fishery, or other type of food producer which ...
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Nierenberg is the cofounder of Food Tank, a non-profit organization that is pushing for food system change. People have been growing food in cities as long as people have lived in cities.
Multiple studies have looked at the environmental impact of conventional agriculture versus the local food movement. [13] [14] [15] These studies show that there is not yet a consistent methodology for measuring energy consumption in local versus non-local farms. “Local” is not a clearly defined measurement, and by only examining the energy ...
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Urban agriculture saves energy (e.g., energy consumed in transporting food from rural to urban areas). Local food production also allows savings in transportation costs, storage, and product loss, which results in a reduction in food costs. UA improves the quality of the urban environment through greening and, thus, reduces pollution.