Article
Toward a More Sustainable, Local Food Production System—From a System Modeling Perspective
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Date
1-1-2011
DOI
10.1080/19320248.2011.554266
Abstract
Localized food production and sourcing is drawing increasing attention due to environmental and health considerations. In this study, we used population, dietary and geographical information to map potential foodsheds with emphasis on minimizing total geographic distribution. We also developed innovative protocols, metrics and optimization methods to analyze the foodshed localization of geographic areas. We used data from Iowa to analyze and validate the optimization model. This study can also be extended to other regions outside of Iowa.
Copyright Owner
Guiping Hu, et al
Copyright Date
2011
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang, Susan W. Arendt and Randy Boeckenstedt. "Toward a More Sustainable, Local Food Production System—From a System Modeling Perspective" Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition Vol. 6 Iss. 1 (2011) p. 125 - 127 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susan_arendt/31/
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition in 2011, available online: http://www.tandf.com/10.1080/19320248.2011.554266.