Local Food

Fact sheets

• Shaping Our Local Food Systems
  What does it mean to shape local policies about our food? Why should food be controlled locally?

• Local Food Systems: Challenges and Threats
  Local control of food is being threatened by consolidated corporate power, economic subsidies and incentives that favor big business, preemption, free trade...

• Local Food Systems: Getting Involved
  Each of us can be a meaningful part of restoring and strengthening our local food systems through the many roles we play.

• The Place of Food in Our Lives
  How should we relate to our food?
  'Food as Commodity' vs 'Food for Community'

Fact sheet references

• References
  Footnotes and references for the fact sheets.
   

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