Editing Local food (section)

{{Short description|Food produced within a short distance of where it is consumed}}
{{For|foods with protected geographical names|Geographical indication}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{globalise|date=October 2019}}
[[File:Marylebone Farmers Market 2005.jpg |thumb |The Marylebone [[farmers' market]] in London, United Kingdom]]
[[File:WheatYield.png|thumb|right|350px|A map of wheat production (average percentage of land used for its production times average yield in each grid cell) across the world]]
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'''Local food''' is food that is produced within a short distance of where it is consumed, often accompanied by a social structure and supply chain different from the large-scale supermarket [[Food system|system]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Local food systems: background and issues|last=Waltz, Christopher L.|date=2011|publisher=Nova Science Publishers|isbn=9781617615948|oclc=899542944}}</ref>

Local food (or '''locavore''') movements aim to connect [[food producer]]s and consumers in the same geographic region, to develop more [[self-reliant]] and resilient [[food chain|food network]]s, improve local economies, or to affect the [[public health|health]], environment, community, or society of a particular place.<ref>Feenstra, G. (2002) Creating space for [[sustainable food systems]]: lessons from the field. ''Agriculture and Human Values''. 19(2). 99-106.</ref> The term has also been extended to include not only the geographic location of supplier and consumer but can also be "defined in terms of social and [[supply chain]] characteristics."<ref name="Martinez">{{cite web |last1=Martinez |first1=Steve |last2=Hand |first2=Michael |last3=Da Pra |first3=Michelle |last4=Pollack |first4=Susan |last5=Ralston |first5=Katherine |last6=Smith |first6=Travis |last7=Vogel |first7=Stephen |last8=Clark |first8=Shellye |last9=Lohr |first9=Luanne |last10=Low |first10=Sarah |last11=Newman |first11=Constance |date=May 2010 |title=Economic Research Report Number 97: Local Food Systems Concepts, Impacts, and Issues |url=http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps125302/ERR97.pdf |publisher=Economic Research Service |access-date=17 June 2018 |agency=ERS (Economic Research Service)}}</ref> For example, local food initiatives often promote [[sustainable agriculture|sustainable]] and [[organic farming]] practices, although these are not explicitly related to the geographic proximity of producer and consumer.

Local food represents an alternative to the [[globalization|global]] food model, which often sees food [[transport|traveling long distances]] before it reaches the consumer.<ref name = sheridan>{{cite journal |last=Dunne |first=Jonnie B. |author2=Chambers, Kimberlee J. |author3=Giombolini, Katlyn J. |author4=Schlegel, Sheridan A. |title=What does 'local' mean in the grocery store? Multiplicity in food retailers' perspectives on sourcing and marketing local foods |journal=Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=46–59 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |doi=10.1017/S1742170510000402 |date=March 2011|s2cid=154308247 }}</ref>