Operationalizing local food: goals, actions, and indicators for alternative food systems

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 281-297

  Cleveland, David A ^a   Carruth, Allison ^b   Mazaroli, Daniella Niki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Leichtag Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative food systems; Food miles; Indicators; Local food movement; Local trap; Localization; Locavores; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939897961     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: 15728366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-014-9556-9     Document Type: Article

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