Abstract
Food and farming systems are critical to economic vitality and community health. However, these systems are often overlooked and undervalued. Strengthening community food systems may help address some of these challenges in Kentucky:
- Job loss and smaller revenue streams
- Declining rural community vitality
- Loss of small and mid-sized farms
- Loss of farmland and working landscapes
- Epidemic levels of obesity and chronic diseases related to eating
- Lack of environmental stewardship
- Increased levels of household food insecurity
Publication Date
7-2015
Publication Number
FCS3-589
Repository Citation
Mullins, Janet, "Sustainable Community Food Systems" (2015). Family and Consumer Sciences Publications. 98.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/fcs_reports/98
Notes
This is Module Three in the Sustainable Eating Curriculum.