Selling local: why local food movements matter

230 Pages·2017·67.398 MB·English

by  Farmer, James Robert;Robinson, Jennifer Meta

Selling Local
Jennifer Meta Robinson and James Robert Farmer
WHY LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENTS MATTER
Jennifer Meta Robinson and James Robert Farmer
Sell i ng
Loc a
WHY LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENTS MATTER
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
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© 2017 by Jennifer Meta Robinson and James R. Farmer
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Robinson, Jennifer Meta, [date], author. |
Farmer, James R. (James Robert), author.
Title: Selling local : why local food movements matter /
Jennifer Meta Robinson and James R. Farmer.
Description: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press,
[2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017004284 (print) | LCCN 2017007339 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780253026989 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780253027092 (eb)
Subjects: LCSH: Local foods—United States. | Farmers’ markets—United
States. | Community-supported agriculture—United States.
Classification: LCC HD9005 .R63 2017 (print) | LCC
HD9005 (ebook) | DDC 381/.41—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017004284
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For
Jeff Hartenfeld, a farmer
Sara, Samuel, Caroline, and Collin Farmer

Eating is an agricultural act.
—Wendell Berry

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
1 Why Local and Why Now? 1
2 Understanding Farmers’ Markets 25
3 Understanding Community Supported Agriculture 55
4 What’s Next in Local Food? 81
5 Growing Capacity 111
6 A Systems Approach to Local Food 139
Conclusion 165
Bibliography 171
Index 191