The Local Food Movement: Setting the Stage for Good Food
DOWNLOADMay 14, 2014 - Rich Pirog , Crystal Miller, Lindsay Way, Christina Hazekamp & Emily Kim
This publication provides a brief history of the U.S. local food movement and its link to “good food” - food that is healthy, affordable, fair, and green - within the contexts of food access and health, food justice and sovereignty, the environment, and racial equity. The publication also contains a timeline that provides a sample of important U.S. events, policies, and statistics over the past 70 years that mark the growth of local food through the lens of the four elements of good food.