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Early Lessons From The Food Commons: A New Economic Whole System Approach for Regional Food

Author(s) -

Jamie Harvie

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of agriculture food systems and community development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2152-0798

pISSN - 2152-0801

DOI - 10.5304/jafscd.2019.091.045

Subject(s) - commons , operationalization , food systems , corporation , agriculture , business , aside , environmental resource management , political science , geography , economics , food security , finance , art , philosophy , literature , archaeology , epistemology , law

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 forbenefit 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.

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