Abstract
Throughout the United States, there is a fast growing movement centered on locally produced food . Consumers, farmers, and farmers’ markets are central components of this local food movement . In this study, we examine the local food movement in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW) and use farmers’ markets to understand DFW’s developing local food system and foodsheds . We also analyze how notions of place and community are manifest in DFW’s local food system . Research methods include interviews with farmers, customers, and farmers’ market coordinators and an analysis of the spatial distribution of three farmers’ market networks in DFW . Our findings show that community is important to the identity of DFW’s local food movement and that farmers’ markets serve as nodes for community . T hus farmers’ markets are not only important for local farming economies, but also stimulate notions of place and community in rapidly suburbanizing areas .
Recommended Citation
Aucoin, Martin and Fry, Matthew
(2015)
"Growing Local Food Movements: Farmers’ Markets as Nodes for Products and Community,"
The Geographical Bulletin: Vol. 56:
Iss.
2, Article 1.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/thegeographicalbulletin/vol56/iss2/1