Does Local Production Improve Environmental and Health Outcomes?
Sexton, Steven
from ARE Update Vol. 13, No. 2, Nov/Dec, 2009
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Abstract
Some critics of industrial agriculture propose the “relocalization” of food production to reduce environmental damage and improve health outcomes. This article considers the welfare effects of locavorism along these dimensions.
Keywords
buying local, locavorism, economics, environmental impacts
Citation
Sexton, Steven. 2009. "Does Local Production Improve Environmental and Health Outcomes?" ARE Update 13(2): 5-8. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1453327753/16819/