[MCN] Can cities grow enough food to feed their people?

[Lance Olsen]

Public Release: 1-Oct-2018
Research brief: A look at 377 metros -- can local food product meet local household demand?
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Many US cities have established goals to increase local food self-reliance, suggesting that metropolitan areas do not produce enough food to support local household demand. However, a new study from researchers with the Sustainable Healthy Cities Network at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs found this isn't the case for many metropolitan areas.

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Environmental Science & Technology
 <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uom-rba100118.php>Full release. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uom-rba100118.php <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uom-rba100118.php>

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2008
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