Support local small-scale farmers

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Check out Food Tank’s ideas for how to help support a local food system.
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10 Things We Can All Do to Support a Local Food System

Supporting local food systems has an array of benefits: it can strengthen local economies and communities, aid local small-scale farmers, preserve open spaces, benefit the environment, and help ensure community farms will still be there tomorrow— just to name a few. Food Tank highlights 10 ideas to support local food systems.

 

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Author: Willem Van Cotthem

Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Ghent (Belgium). Scientific Consultant for Desertification and Sustainable Development.

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