Local Foods is a term used to describe both foods produced and consumed locally and activities that support connections between local foods producers and consumers.
Local foods are about relationships between people:Consumers - purchasing and consume food
Producers - grow and market food
Community Developers - help make or support connections between producers and consumers
Links of interest:
Consumers
Cornell University Library Guides: Local and Regional Food System Resources
Know Your Farmer-Know Your Food
Local Food Guides for Northern New York
Adirondack Harvest
Central New York Bounty
Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty
Hudson Valley Bounty
Guide to Foods Produced in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes Region
Pick Niagara
Lake Erie Concord Grape Belt
Farmers' Market Nutrition Education ProgramEat3 - Eat Well, Eat Local, Eat Together
Northeast Regional Food Guide
Producers
Cornell University Library Guides: Local and Regional Food Systems Grower References
Cornell University Library Guides: Local and Regional Food Systems Processor/Distributor References
Northeast Beginning Farmer Project
Guide to Farming in New York State
NY MarketMaker
Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship
The Effectiveness of Farm-to-Chef Marketing of Local Foods: an empirical assessment
Community Developers
Cornell University Library Guides: Local and Regional Food Systems Community Developer References
North Country Regional/Local Foods Initiative
Local Food and Agriculture Resource Guide
Farm-to-School
Food Insecurity in Rural New York State
Land & Diet: What’s the Most Land Efficient Diet for NYS?