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Local foods systems and community economic development

Deller, Steven C., Lamie, David, Stickel, Maureen·2017·Community Development

Abstract

Local food system development is a popular strategy employed by many communities in the pursuit of sustainable and equitable economic growth and development. This often includes a range of economic projects including farmers markets, community supported agriculture enterprises, urban farming/agriculture projects, and food hubs. Sometimes it includes intermediated marketing channels like grocery stores and broad-line distributors interested in providing local foods. Despite growing prominence in the policy arena, many of the presumptions of the local food movement remain largely untested. This review provides critical analysis of current research on local and regional food networks and reveals that much of this research currently lacks strong theoretical grounding and quantitative rigor. As community development practitioners and planners play an important role in food system design, organization, policy, and implementation in an effort to produce community or regional wellbeing, it is important for them to distinguish between objective, research-based information and speculative, advocacy-oriented analysis.

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Authors
Deller, S. C., Lamie, D., & Stickel, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • Agricultural Sciences Department, Sandhill Research and Education, Clemson University, Columbia, SC, USA
Corresponding author
Deller, Steven C.
Venue
Community Development
Published
2017-09-10
Volume
48
Issue
5
Pages
612-638
ISSN
  • 0010-3829 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-5330
  • 1944-7485
OpenAlex
W2755189346
Cited by
79
References
127
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1
FWCI
5.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Community Development (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Wisconsin-Madison (233-PRJ42XA-072000-4)
  • College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences, Clemson University, Agricultural Experiment Station (5051-20-0187-306-223-2011976)
  • Southern Rural Development Center (5051-11-0312-310-115-1100630)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Rural Development and Agriculture
Keywords
local food systems, community economic development, local food movement, farmers' markets, community-supported agriculture, urban agriculture, food hubs, food marketing channels, food system policy, community well-being, sustainable economic growth

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