This report discusses how locally produced food systems and farmers are impacted and supported by federal programs including marketing and promotion, business assistance and research, rural and community development programs, and nutrition assistance programs.
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This report discusses how locally produced food systems and farmers are impacted and supported by federal programs including marketing and promotion, business assistance and research, rural and community development programs, and nutrition assistance programs.
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Johnson, Renée & Cowan, Tadlock.Local Food Systems: Selected Farm Bill and Other Federal Programs,
report,
March 20, 2015;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc818729/:
accessed February 12, 2025),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.