Details for Counties and Local Food Systems: Ensuring Healthy Foods, Nurturing Healthy Children
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Counties and Local Food Systems: Ensuring Healthy Foods, Nurturing Healthy Children
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The author, Casey Dillon, in conjunction with the National Association of Counties, argues for integrating local food into sustainable communities to help curb the obesity epidemic. Dillon uses case studies from diverse geographic locales to argue for four methods in integrating local food into sustainable communities - food councils, farm-to-school programs, infrastructure for local producers, and agricultural conservation easements.
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