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Title:

Growing local : case studies on local food supply chains / edited by Robert P. King, Michael S. Hand, and Miguel I. G©đmez.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Food supply--United States--Case studies.
Local foods--United States--Case studies.

Other Authors:

King, Robert Philip, 1950-
Hand, Michael S. (Michael Stephen), 1977-
G©đmez, Miguel I.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part 1. Understanding local food systems from a supply chain perspective. From farms to consumers: an introduction to supply chains for local foods / Miguel I. G©đmez and Michael S. Hand -- Research design for local food case studies / Robert P. King, Michael S. Hand, and Gigi DiGiacomo -- Part 2: Case studies on local food supply chains. Apple case studies in the Syracuse MSA / Miguel I. G©đmez, Edward W. McLaughlin, and Kristen S. Park -- Blueberry case studies in the Portland-Vancouver MSA / Larry Lev -- Spring Mix case studies in the Sacramento MSA / Shermain D. Hardesty -- Beef case studies in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MSA / Robert P. King, Gigi DiGiacomo, and Gerald F. Ortmann -- Fluid milk case studies in the Washington D.C. area / Michael S. Hand and Kate Clancy -- Part 3: A synthesis of case study findings. Product prices and availability / Kristen S. Park, Miguel I. G©đmez, Gerald F. Ortmann, and Jeffrey Horwich -- What does local deliver? / Larry Lev, Michael S. Hand, and Gigi DiGiacomo -- Can local food markets expand? / Edward W. McLaughlin, Shermain D. Hardesty, and Miguel I. G©đmez -- What role do public policies and programs play in the growth of local foods? / Michael S. Hand and Kate Clancy -- A look at the future / Robert P. King, Miguel I. G©đmez, and Michael S. Hand.

Series:

Our sustainable future

ISBN:

9780803256996
080325699X
9780803258198
0803258194
9780803258167
080325816X
0803254857
9780803254855

OCLC:

(OCoLC)883207061

LCCN:

2014024550

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)