Alberta Farmers' Market Association.
Local Food - Wiki. Local food or the local food movement is a "collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies - one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution, and consumption is integrated to enhance the economic, environmental and social health of a particular place.
"[1] It is not solely a geographical concept. A United States Department of Agriculture publication explains local food as "related to the distance between food producers and consumers," as well as "defined in terms of social and supply chain characteristics. Local food systems[edit] Local food system diagram Food system refers to how food is produced, reaches consumers, and consumer food choices. The local food system represents an alternative to the global food model, a model that increases the separation between the producer and consumer via the middleman(e.g. processors/manufacturers, shippers, and retailers). Definitions of "local"[edit] Contemporary local food market[edit]
Edmonton Local Food. Calgary Local Food. Live Local Alberta. Local Food - Wiki. Eat Local First - Fresh Food Delivery in Alberta. A Celebration of Our Local Food Heroes. Live Local Facebook. Live Local Alberta Twitter... Agriculture - Wiki. Agriculture, also called farming or husbandry, is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinals and other products used to sustain and enhance human life.[1] Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization.
The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture dates back thousands of years, and its development has been driven and defined by greatly different climates, cultures, and technologies. However, all farming generally relies on techniques to expand and maintain the lands that are suitable for raising domesticated species. For plants, this usually requires some form of irrigation, although there are methods of dryland farming.
Until the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of the human population labored in agriculture. History[edit] Neolithic[edit] Agriculture & Rural Development. Explore Local. CSA Wiki. Community-supported agriculture (CSA; sometimes known as community-shared agriculture) is an alternative, locally-based economic model of agriculture and food distribution. A CSA also refers to a particular network or association of individuals who have pledged to support one or more local farms, with growers and consumers sharing the risks and benefits of food production. CSA members or subscribers pay at the onset of the growing season for a share of the anticipated harvest; once harvesting begins, they receive weekly shares of vegetables and fruit, in a vegetable box scheme. Often, CSAs also include herbs, honey, eggs, dairy products and meat, in addition to conventional produce offerings.In theory a CSA can provide any product to its members, although the majority of CSA operations tend to provide produce, fruits, and various edibles.
Some CSA programs also include cut flowers and various ornamental plants as part of their weekly pickup arrangement. History[edit] Structure[edit] Startfarming.ca. Alberta Farmers' Market Association. Callingwood Farmers' Market. FarmOn.com. Alberta Rural Sustainable Alternatives Network (ARSAN) ACCA — Alberta Community and Cooperative Association. (GFSA) Growing Food Security in Alberta. GFSA News (SELRS Project)