Tag: Alice Ammerman
Why Local Governments Should be Thinking About Local Food Systems
October 9, 2013
Last month I hosted a webinar here at the School of Government, in partnership with the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (or CEFS for short), on the topic of local foods and local government. I was fortunate enough to have with me a who’s who of local foods experts to talk about different a … Continued
Promoting Local Food Systems for Community and Economic Development
March 16, 2010
Rick Morse is a School of Government faculty member. By now most people have at least heard of the “local foods” movement. Thanks to Michael Pollan and his compatriots, terms like “locavore” and “foodshed” have made their way into our lexicon. The idea here is to create “more locally based, self-rel … Continued