Building Communities While Building Food Systems

Abstract

First paragraph:

The title of the journal you are reading is Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Develop­ment. That title suggests that there is a strong tie between food systems and community devel­opment. In general discussions around food systems and as those of us who work in food systems go about our specialized work, that tie is not always clear, though it should be. Growing Livelihoods: Local Food Systems and Community Development helps make it clearer. With fewer than 250 pages, it is not an encyclopedic treatment of food systems and community development but rather an overview of what can be and is being done in communities around the country....