Better Choices Through Local Foods

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August 13, 2010 - Author: Holly Tiret

This guide helps demonstrate how food purchases impact communities and the connections between a community's economic, ecological and social well-being with that of agriculture and food production, processing, distribution, retail, preparation and consumption.

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Tags: center for regional food systems, economic impact analysis of local and regional food systems

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