The local food movement in North America has grown significantly during the last decade, yet there still remains relatively little empirical research on the subject. Fortunately, however, the recent work Growing Local: Case Studies on Local Food Supply Chains edited by Robert King, Michael Hand, and Miguel Gomez helps to further develop an understanding of this increasingly popular food system. Growing Local examined five case studies in order to gain a better overall understanding of local food supply chains—apples in Syracuse, New York; blueberries in Portland, Oregon; spring mix in Sacramento, California; beef in the Twin Cities, Minnesota; and milk in Washington, DC. These region and product pairings examined mainstream, direct, and intermediated markets to address the impact of local food supply chains on social, economic, environmental, and health dynamics of the examined communities.

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• Phillips, R., (2025), "Growing local: Case studies on local food supply chains by Robert P. King, Michael S. Hand, and Miguel I. Gomez (Eds.)", HSSCommons: (DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i1.136)

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1. economics
2. Local Food Systems

Original publication: Phillips, Ryan. "Growing local: Case studies on local food supply chains by Robert P. King, Michael S. Hand, and Miguel I. Gomez (Eds.)." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation, vol. 3, no. 1, 2016, pp. 127-129. DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i1.136. This material has been re-published in an unmodified form on the Canadian HSS Commons with the permission of Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation. Copyright © the author(s). Work published in CFS/RCÉA prior to and including Vol. 8, No. 3 (2021) is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY license. Work published in Vol. 8, No. 4 (2021) and after is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license. For details, see creativecommons.org/licenses/.