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Gladys Speckman, 2011.
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More on: Regional food system
Regional food systemThe opportunities and challenges of regional food systems have been explored in a number of reports and articles. These include “Local and regional food systems for rural futures” (Jennifer Jensen, 2009) and “Are local food and the local food movement taking us where we want to go?” (L.B. DeLind, 2011). Articles such as “The big issue is ultra-processing” by Carlos Monteiro, and Peter Dizikes’ “Good food nation” argue that regional food systems can help overcome contemporary health problems such as obesity, while IDRC’s recent “The future control of food” (edited by Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte, 2008) look at the international negotiations related to food security and the organisations behind them.
Empirical examples of regional food systems are examined in “The gardens of biodiversity: The conservation of genetic resources and their use in traditional food production systems by small farmers of the Southern Caucasus” (FAO 2010), “The state of the world 2011: Innovations that nourish the planet” (World Watch Institute 2011) and in Practical Action’s “Food chain: An international journal of small scale food processing and food supply management”.
The websites of the Transition Network and of Slow Food contain discussions, publications and events about regional food systems and links to local initiatives. The “Making local food work” initiative’s website provides ample information to (aspiring) community based food enterprises.