FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The term “community food system” is sometimes used interchangeably with the term “local food system.” Generally speaking, local food is food that travels the entire supply chain (from production to consumption) in the same locality.

Detailed explanation-2: -When we eat food grown locally and naturally, we’re getting food harvested at peak freshness with the maximum amount of bioavailable nutrients. It doesn’t have to be picked before it’s ripe so that it can survive hundreds or thousands of miles of transport.

Detailed explanation-3: -Local foods are marketed through direct sales to consumers (e.g., CSAs, farmers’ markets, on-farm stores, or pick-your-own), food hubs, grocery stores, restaurants, schools, and other outlets.