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local food systems
Also known as: local food systems, local food system, Local Food Systems
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Wild edible plants for food security, dietary diversity, and nutraceuticals frontiersin.org Nov 27, 2025 7 facts
claimGovernance issues regarding local food systems vary by subcategory, such as fruits, nuts, and leaves, and require regional or local solutions.
referenceMount (2012) analyzes the scale and governance of local food systems in the article 'Growing local food: scale and local food systems governance' published in 'Agriculture and Human Values'.
claimScaling up local food systems, which include wild foods, remains a persistent challenge for achieving broader systemic transformation.
claimThere is a recent global increase in interest regarding Local Food Systems (LFS).
claimDeveloping and reinforcing local food systems is required to address the vulnerabilities of fragmented food systems.
claimBarriers to upscaling local food systems and the consumption of wild edibles include inconsistent product availability, perishability, high collection costs, and low returns for collectors and sellers.
claimIncorporating Wild Edible Plants (WEPs) into Local Food Systems (LFS) requires the domestication of promising species and the development of technology packages, which are currently in their infancy globally.
The Role Of Nutrition In Early Childhood Development And Its ... discovery.researcher.life Oct 30, 2024 1 fact
claimStrengthening local food systems and establishing collaborative partnerships with communities and policymakers are essential to improve the nutritional environment in Early Childhood Development (ECD) settings.
Editorial: Local, traditional and indigenous food systems in the 21st ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimThe Research Topic titled 'Local, traditional and indigenous food systems in the 21st century to combat obesity, undernutrition and climate change' consists of 12 scholarly articles focused on local and traditional food systems, with the goal of contributing solutions to climate and health crises.
Associations between dietary diversity and self-rated health in a ... link.springer.com Feb 28, 2025 1 fact
referenceRapinski et al. published a study in 2023 titled 'Local Food Systems under Global Influence: the case of Food, Health and Environment in Five Socio-Ecosystems' in the journal Sustainability.
A Consensus Proposal for Nutritional Indicators to Assess ... - Frontiers frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimA 'local food system' or 'regional food system' is defined as a method of food production and distribution that is geographically localized, where food is grown or raised and harvested close to consumers' homes and distributed over shorter distances than in the conventional globalized industrial food system.