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v. t. e. Local food is food that is produced within a short distance of where it is consumed, often accompanied by a social structure and supply chain different from the large-scale supermarket system. [1] Local food (or locavore) movements aim to connect food producers and consumers in the same geographic region, to develop more self-reliant ...
Urban agriculture saves energy (e.g. energy consumed in transporting food from rural to urban areas). Local production of food also allows savings in transportation costs, storage, and in product loss, what results in food cost reduction. UA improves the quality of the urban environment through greening and thus, a reduction in pollution.
The IMPLAN input-output model is a quantitative economic software, technique, or data that facilitates analysis of spending. [1] This analytic tool, created by the U.S. Forest Service and the University of Minnesota, uses the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) input-output criterion combined with other data to compile tables that identify cash flows between different sectors of the economy.
The fresh regulations come into effect as Cuba navigates its worst economic crisis in decades, with severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine and a record-breaking exodus of its citizens.
Local purchasing is a preference to buy locally produced goods and services rather than those produced farther away. It is very often abbreviated as a positive goal, "buy local" or "buy locally', that parallels the phrase "think globally, act locally", common in green politics. On the national level, the equivalent of local purchasing is import ...
The term food security was first used in the 1960-1970s to refer to food supply and consistent access to food in international development work. [13] In 1966 the treaty titled the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was created to ensure economic, social and cultural rights including the “inalienable right to adequate nutritious food”. [14]
Short Food Supply Chains and Local Food Systems in the EU. A State of Play of their Socio-Economic Characteristics. a publication of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission; Short Food Supply Chains as drivers of sustainable development. Evidence Document. This document is the result of a joint collaboration among practitioners ...
United States Department of Agriculture. In the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), [1] formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federal government program that provides food-purchasing assistance for low- and no-income persons to help them maintain adequate nutrition and health.