Putting Local Food Dollars to Work: The Economic Benefits of Local Food Dollars to Workers, Farms and Communities

David Shideler, Allie Bauman, Dawn Thilmany and Becca Jablonski ()

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2018, vol. 33, issue 3

Abstract: Local and regional food systems have garnered food industry and policy interest. To inform discussions on potential economic benefits to a variety of stakeholders, we summarize work focused on workforce and farm financial performance implications of local food initiatives, ultimately linking those changes to potential economic impacts to surrounding communities.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.276059

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