Emphasizing local food production over imported substitutes can lead to significant cost and carbon savings, according to data from the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Canadian Arctic. The ...

Consumer interest in local food is not a trend, and neither is the need for regional and global supply chains that keep fresh ...

Local food systems are often viewed as alternatives to the global food system to stress their "promise of difference." But many myths have also been debunked, such as the "local trap" — the belief ...

Protecting native forests combined with transitioning fallow and unmanaged agricultural lands to 'Ōiwi (Native Hawaiian) and other place-based agroforestry systems has direct benefits for local ...

Research supports several benefits associated with local food systems, although not without nuances and controversy. These benefits include their ability to reconnect consumers and producers, ...