Food security -- Ontario -- Peterborough

Growing food security in Peterborough, Ontario

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Creator (cre): Mondoux, Courtney, Creator (cre): Griffith, Andrea, Other (oth): Trent University Environmental and Resource Studies, Other (oth): Trent University Canadian Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Centre for Community-Based Education, Supporting host (sht): YWCA
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2010 (year uncertain)

Sustainable food sourcing: an analysis of forward contracting feasibility in a local context

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Locally sourced food is a more sustainable, more ecologically friendly alternative to mainstream methods such as buying through a large scale food distribution wholesaler. Accessing local producers affords the buyer a greater degree of power over how their produce is grown, harvested, stored and transported and so on. When interacting with a producer, buyers have options; they may purchase food once its harvested, at a farmers market, roadside stand or at a retailer.

2012