Foodshed Mapping Project - Pasa Sustainable Agriculture
WEBFoodshed Mapping Project. Responding to supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re developing the network and digital infrastructure necessary to better connect farmers, eaters, food producers, stores, restaurants, schools, food banks—in other words, all the people and places that make up local and regional foodsheds ...
WEBA foodshed is the geographic area that supplies a population with food. Learn the origin, applications and benefits of the foodshed concept, and how to visualize it with maps and networks.
Home - Foodshed Mapping Project
WEBBy mapping Pennsylvania farms and food businesses in a shared, searchable digital database, the Foodshed Mapping Project aims to facilitate new opportunities for connections with markets, institutions, wholesalers, and consumers to support a thriving and resilient food system in the Commonwealth.
Building a resilient Foodshed for Northern Colorado - ArcGIS …
WEBThis project brings together public, private, and nonprofit organizations, along with community members, producers, and resources, to design and build a more equitable, vibrant, and resilient local food system in Northern Colorado.
What is a food shed? - MSU Extension
WEBMar 24, 2013 · A food shed is the geographical area between where food is produced and where that food is consumed. The food shed concept is similar to a watershed -- both encompass the flow of a substance from its origin to its ultimate destination.
Local Foodshed & Local Value Chains - Dreaming New Mexico
WEBDownload Local Foodsheds / Local Prosperi ty Map. Our map displays the number of farmers and/or ranchers that sell directly to the local agro-ecoregion. It shows the amount of the sales of each agro-ecoregion to markets within New Mexico.
Foodshed analysis and carrying capacity estimation
WEBJan 1, 2022 · Data flow diagram of the spatial model used by Kurtz et al. (2020) to map foodsheds for the conterminous US. The analysis by Kurtz et al. (2020) models the food system as a world of producers and consumers, represented by counties (which supply food) and metropolitan areas (which demand food).
What Is A “Foodshed?” - Foodshed Alliance
WEBA foodshed is the geographic region that produces and consumes food for a population. The Foodshed Alliance works to support local farms, food businesses, and communities in seven counties of northern New Jersey.
The local versus global food debate - Nature
WEBApr 17, 2020 · When foodsheds are computed for the six crop types together, the world is one single large foodshed. This implies that the diversity in diets commands a highly globalized interconnected food...
Foodprints and Foodsheds: Tools for Evaluating the ... - USDA
WEBIf humanity is to meet the daunting challenge of feeding a growing population from a finite land base while addressing climate change and energy and water scarcity, tools like the foodprint and foodshed models will be necessary to guide our choice of solutions.
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