Early Lessons From The Food Commons

The Food Commons is an agro-ecological approach to local and regional food in which the health of employees, the community, and the commons are considered holistically. Food Commons Fresno is operationalizing the model with wholesale, food box, hub, commissary, and farming businesses managed throug...

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Main Author: Jamie Harvie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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Online Access:http://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/732
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Summary:The Food Commons is an agro-ecological approach to local and regional food in which the health of employees, the community, and the commons are considered holistically. Food Commons Fresno is operationalizing the model with wholesale, food box, hub, commissary, and farming businesses managed through a linked for-benefit corporation and a community trust. Aside from typical start-up challenges, the key hurdles include the cultural and economic unfamiliarity with ecological models and relational operating systems.
ISSN:2152-0801