Leveraging the Local: Cooperative Food Systems and the Local Organic Food Co-ops Network in Ontario, Canada
Cooperative food systems are based in cooperation, encourage inclusion, reconnect farmers and consumers, champion the local, and support more environmentally sustainable food systems. This exploratory research proposes a new economic framework for strategizing how to strengthen cooperative food syst...
Main Authors: | Jennifer Sumner, J. J. McMurtry, Hannah Renglich |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
2016-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development |
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Online Access: | https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/265 |
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