Eating from the Farm: the social, environmental, and economic benefits of local food systems

This briefing explores some of the innovative and creative ways in which food producers and consumers have started to address this problem in different parts of Europe. It features five case studies which illustrate different ways in which communities are finding more sustainable ways to produce and consume food with benefits for all. The methods vary, but the outcomes are the same: control of the food system is being taken back by small-scale, sustainable farms and food enterprises from large-scale industrial businesses that dominate t

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