From Farm to Fork
Rutgers University
A food system includes everything from farm to table. A community food system is a food system in which food production, processing, distribution and consumption are integrated to enhance the environmental, economic, social and nutritional health of a particular place.
The concept of community food systems is sometimes used interchangeably with “local” or “regional” food systems,
This reflects a prescriptive approach to building a food system, one that holds sustainability – economic, environmental and social – as a long-term goal toward which a community strives.
