Making Local Food Work: The Challenges and Opportunities of Today's Small Farmers

by Brandi Janssen

When it comes to local food, it takes more than "knowing your farmer." Brandi Janssen takes on some of the myths about how the local food system works and what it needs to thrive. Advocates claim that small biodiverse farms will fundamentally change farming, rural communities, and the American diet. For many, simply by knowing our farmers we become champions of a new way of eating that revolutionizes our economy and society. But that argument ignores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160938492X
• ISBN13: 9781609384920
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"