The Conventionalization of Local Food: Farm Reflections on Local, Alternative Beef Marketing Groups

Across North America, the local food market has been peddled as an alternative or value-added production and marketing niche for small and midscale family farms. Many former commodity farmers are now selling product to local consumers — either on their own, with groups of farmers, as cooperatives, o...

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Published in:	Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Main Authors:	Phil Mount, John Smither
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 2016-09-01
Subjects:	Adoption of Innovations Alternative Marketing Beef Conventionalization Cooperatives Local Food
Online Access:	https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/268