[MCN] An upbeat scenario for local food production in U.S.

[Lance Olsen]

"As compared with their conventional 
counterparts, local food systems may conserve 
natural resources but their large-scale capacity 
has been generally untested. A newly developed 
model estimates how many calories could be 
produced by farms within a radius of every US 
city, and shows that up to 90% of Americans could 
be fed entirely with food grown or raised within 
100 miles of their homes."

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment  Volume 13, Issue 5 (June 2015)
The potential for local croplands to meet US food demand
Andrew Zumkehr, J Elliott Campbell
Abstract
<<http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/140246>>

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