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Foodshed

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002628

The geographical area delimiting local and/or regional production, transport, marketing, delivery and supply of food to a population, analogous to a watershed in its description of a geographical food system.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002628
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
Synonymsfood shed; food-shed
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoAgricultural economics; Farm to fork; Local food systems; Food availability; Food production; Food transport; Food marketing; Food security; Food supply chain; Sustainable agriculture; Agricultural land
TranslationsSpanish: cuenca alimentaria
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002628",
  "term": "Foodshed",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The geographical area delimiting local and/or regional production, transport, marketing, delivery and supply of food to a population, analogous to a watershed in its description of a geographical food system.",
  "synonyms": [
    "food shed",
    "food-shed"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "agricultural economics",
    "farm to fork",
    "local food systems",
    "food availability",
    "food production",
    "food transport",
    "food marketing",
    "food security",
    "food supply chain",
    "sustainable agriculture",
    "agricultural land"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cuenca alimentaria"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/foodshed/"
}

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