Environmental Benefits of Local Food Systems - Devona Bell

Track B: Eating Well Together: Developing Partnerships for a Local Food Economy. Session 2: Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Local Food Systems. Slide presentations and additional conference information is available at https://www.sare.org/Events/Our-Farms....

What are the impacts of local food systems in terms of sustainability? This session will explore this topic by looking at the three tiers of sustainability and working to understanding how local foods impact the environment, economy and peoples’ lives. Session highlights include: discussion of farm and ranch profitability impacts of local markets; exploration of wage, labor and community economic implications; identification of some of the specific ways that local food systems impact the social and environmental components of a community.

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) provides grants and outreach to advance innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life. SARE is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.