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"FARM-TO-TABLE/FOODSHED/WHERE FOOD COMES FROM"

I. Introduction It is important to understand where the food we eat is produced and processed, and know the biological and environmental contexts in which food production, processing, and transportation takes place (Koch). The farm-to-table movement is concerned with producing food locally and delivering that food to local consumers. Local food is considered to be within a 100 mile radius of your home, because it is large enough to reach beyond a big city and small enough to feel truly local (DeWeerdt). It is too easy to go to a supermarket and pick up foods and not know where they came from. Foods that travel less give more - fresh food tastes best (Edmonds). Buying local food provides a concept of community and place (Feagan).

II. Agribusiness a. background information b. why locally grown is better c. where food comes from - focusing on United States d. what "food miles" are

III. Foodshed a. What is it b. Why it is important/relevant to the farm-to-table movement

IV. Food Desert a. what is it b. why t is important to the farm-to-table movement

REFERENCES COLLINS, G. (2011, August 3). Farm to Table, Literally. New York Times. p. 6.

DeWeerdt, S. (2009). Is Local Food Better?. World Watch, 22(3), 6.

Edmonds, B. (2011). from the Farm to your TABLE. Natural Health, 41(7), 64-91.

Feagan, R. (2007). The place of food: mapping out the 'local' in local food systems. Progress in Human Geography, 31(1), 23-42.

Hayward, G. (2010). Eat Your Foodshed. Organic Gardening, 57(2), 26-29.

If you build it, they may not come. (2011). Economist, 399(8741), 31

Koch, P. et. al, (2008). Helping Students Make Sense of the Global Food System. Science Scope, pp. 37-39.

Loring, P., & Gerlach, S. (2009). Food, culture, and human health in Alaska: an integrative health approach to food security. Environmental Science & Policy, 12, 466-478.

Nabhan, G. P. (2002). Coming home to eat: the pleasures and politics of local foods. New York: Norton.

Vileisis, A. (2008). Kitchen literacy: how we lost knowledge of where food comes from and why we need to get it back. Washington: Island Press/Shearwater Books.