Local food
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Local food is food that is produced within a short distance of where it is consumed, often accompanied by a social structure and supply chain different from the large-scale supermarket system.
The Marylebone farmers' market in London, United Kingdom
A cheesemaking workshop with goats at Maker Faire 2011. The sign declares, "Eat your Zipcode!"
Smallholding
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A smallholding is a small farm operating under a small-scale agriculture model and managed by a smallholder. Definitions vary widely for what constitutes a smallholder or small-scale farm, including f
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Female smallholder farmers in Kenya. In many parts of Africa and other parts of the world, women are the primary smallholders. In many contexts, women face unequal access to land, markets, knowledge, and other assets needed to maintain their farms.
Small vegetable farm in Hainan, China
A smallholder coffee farmer in Colombia contributing her coffee to an agricultural cooperative. Cooperatives give small farmers an opportunity to be more competitive in markets, especially markets like coffee and cocoa where many of the purchasers are large businesses with high market power.
An old dairy farm used as a hobby farm near Leicester, New York