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== History == In the US, the local food movement has been traced to the [[Agricultural Adjustment Act]] of 1933, which spawned [[agricultural subsidies]] and price supports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.essaysinhistory.com/content/historical-reflections-current-local-food-and-agriculture-movement |title=Historical Reflections on the Current Local Food and Agriculture Movement {{!}} Essays in History |website=www.essaysinhistory.com |access-date=13 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906135448/http://www.essaysinhistory.com/content/historical-reflections-current-local-food-and-agriculture-movement |archive-date=6 September 2017 }}</ref> The contemporary American movement can be traced back to proposed resolutions to the [[Society for Nutrition Education]]'s 1981 guidelines. In 1994, Chicago pop culture made local food a trend in the Midwest. These largely unsuccessful resolutions encouraged increased local production to slow farmland loss. The program described "sustainable diets" - a term then new to the American public. At the time, the resolutions were met with strong criticism from pro-business institutions, but have had a strong resurgence of backing since 2000.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gussow |first1=Joan |title=Dietary Guidelines for Sustainability: Twelve Years Later |journal=Society for Nutrition Education |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=194β200 |date=July 1998 |url=http://www.jneb.org/article/S0022-3182%2899%2970441-3/abstract |doi=10.1016/S0022-3182(99)70441-3|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In 2008, the [[United States farm bill]] was revised to emphasise nutrition: "it provides low-income seniors with vouchers for use at local produce markets, and it added more than $1 billion to the fresh fruit and vegetable program, which serves healthy snacks to 3 million low-income children in schools".<ref name="search.ebscohost.com">{{cite book |last1=Dannenburg |first1=Andrew |title=Making healthy places designing and building for health, well-being, and sustainability |date=2011 |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/385339 |access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref>
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