Early Lessons From The Food Commons

Early Lessons From The Food Commons

The Food Commons is an agro-ecological approach to local and regional food in which the health of employees, the community, and the commons are considered holistically. Food Commons Fresno is operationalizing the model with wholesale, food box, hub, commissary, and farming businesses managed throug...

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Main Author: Jamie Harvie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Subjects:
Commons
Ecological Model
Agro-ecology
Holism
Food Systems
Integrative
Online Access:http://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/732
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spelling doaj-2c638d9c41d6473899459f994279d6122020-11-25T04:04:02ZengThomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development2152-08012019-08-019110.5304/jafscd.2019.091.045Early Lessons From The Food CommonsJamie Harvie0Institute for a Sustainable Future The Food Commons is an agro-ecological approach to local and regional food in which the health of employees, the community, and the commons are considered holistically. Food Commons Fresno is operationalizing the model with wholesale, food box, hub, commissary, and farming businesses managed through a linked for-benefit corporation and a community trust. Aside from typical start-up challenges, the key hurdles include the cultural and economic unfamiliarity with ecological models and relational operating systems. http://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/732CommonsEcological ModelAgro-ecologyHolismFood SystemsIntegrative
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Early Lessons From The Food Commons
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Commons
Ecological Model
Agro-ecology
Holism
Food Systems
Integrative
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title Early Lessons From The Food Commons
title_short Early Lessons From The Food Commons
title_full Early Lessons From The Food Commons
title_fullStr Early Lessons From The Food Commons
title_full_unstemmed Early Lessons From The Food Commons
title_sort early lessons from the food commons
publisher Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
series Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
issn 2152-0801
publishDate 2019-08-01
description The Food Commons is an agro-ecological approach to local and regional food in which the health of employees, the community, and the commons are considered holistically. Food Commons Fresno is operationalizing the model with wholesale, food box, hub, commissary, and farming businesses managed through a linked for-benefit corporation and a community trust. Aside from typical start-up challenges, the key hurdles include the cultural and economic unfamiliarity with ecological models and relational operating systems.
topic Commons
Ecological Model
Agro-ecology
Holism
Food Systems
Integrative
url http://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/732
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