The Economics of Local Food Systems: A Toolkit to Guide Community Discussions, Assessments and Choices
This toolkit is designed to help communities evaluate the economic impact of local food system activities. It is designed to guide and enhance the capacity of local organizations to make more deliberate and credible measurements of local and small-scale economic activity and other ancillary benefits. This toolkit is made up of seven modules that can be grouped into two stages of food system planning, assessment and evaluation.
Resource Information
Date
March 24, 2016
Author
Thilmany McFadden, D., Conner, D., Deller, S., Hughes, D., Meter, K., Morales, A., Schmit, T., Swenson, D., Bauman, A., Phillips Goldenberg, M., Hill,
Type
Toolkit
Setting
Cafeteria/Canteen, Community Garden, Community Kitchen, Farmers Market, Food Bank, Grocery/Retail, Restaurant/Food Service Premise, School
Age
Prenatal, Infant, Toddler (1-3), Children (4-11), Youth (12-17), Adults (18-64), Older Adults (65 and over)
Topic
Food Environment, Food Marketing, Food Systems & Local Food
Language
English
Jurisdiction
Local/Municipal/Regional, National, International
Tags
agriculture, food environment, food marketing, food system, food waste, garden, local food, policy, retail, sustainability