Local Food:
Fact Sheet References

1. ETC Group (2005). Oligopoly, Inc. 2005. Ottawa, Canada: ETC Group.
2. Rural Advancement Foundation International (2000, July 17). Earmarked for extinction? Seminis eliminates 2,000 varieties. In: Geno-types.
3. Between 1983 and 2000, food prices have risen 68 percent, while the overall inflation rate increased 72 percent. Consumer price indices can be retrieved from the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: data.bls.gov/labjava/outside.jsp?survey=cu
4. USDA (2004). 2002 Census of Agriculture. Volume 1, Chapter 1: U.S. National Level Data. Table 5: Net Cash Farm Income of the Operations and Operators: 2002. Retrieved April 21, 2006, from: www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/us/index1.htm
5. Tootelian, Dennis (2003). The economic impact of shifts in consumer purchasing patterns to more California grown agricultural commodities. Commissioned by the Buy California Initiative, California Department of Food and Agriculture.
6. Boody, George, Bruce Vondracek, David Andow, Mara Krinke, John Westra, Julie Zimmerman, and Patrick Welle (2005, January). Multifunctional agriculture in the United States. In: Bioscience. 55(1): 27-38.

1. ETC Group (2005). Oligopoly, Inc. 2005. Ottawa, Canada: ETC Group. See also, ETC Group (2005, September/October). Global Seed Industry Concentration - 2005. Communiqué #90. Retrieved June 5, 2006, from: www.etcgroup.org/upload/publication/48/01/seedmasterfin2005.pdf
2. Environmental Working Group (2006). Farm Subsidy Database. Available at: www.ewg.org/farm/
3. For more information, see Gorelick, Steven (1998). Small is Beautiful, Big is Subsidized. Dartington, UK: International Society for Ecology and Culture.
4. Wal-Mart (2006). Our Commitment. Retrieved June 12, 2006, from www.walmartstores.com/GlobalWMStoresWeb/navigate.do?catg=449
5. See for example: Norberg-Hodge, Helena, Steven Gorelick and Todd Merrifield (2002). Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press; Shuman, Michael (2000) Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age. New York: Routledge; Taylor, John, Matina Madrick and Sam Collin (2005, November) Trading Places: The Local Economic Impact of Street Produce and Farmers' Markets. London: New Economics Foundation.
6. BBC (2006, February 7). Europe 'stopped GM food imports'. BBC News. Retrieved April 21, 2006, from news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4688686.stm
7. Hallissy, Erin (2004, March 3). Wal-Mart ban loses in Contra Costa. In: The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 6, 2006, from sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/03/BAG1A5D1C91.DTL; Garrison, Jessica, Abigail Goldman and David Pierson (2004, April 8). Wal-Mart to push Southland agenda. Los Angeles Times.
8. USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (2005). Report of the U.S. Delegate, 37th Session of Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Hygiene, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mar 14 - 19, 2005 Retrieved June 5, 2006, from www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Delegate_Report_37CCFH/index.asp

1. Brody, George, Bruce Vondracek, David A. Andow, Mara Krinke, John Westra, Julie Zimmerman and Patrick Welle (2005, January). Multifunctional agriculture in the United States. In: BioScience. 55(1): 27-38.
2. Pimentel, David, Paul Hepperly, James Hanson, David Douds and Rita Seidel (2005, July). Environmental, Energetic and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems. In: Bioscience. 55(7): 573-582.
3. USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (2006, June 13). Farmers Market Growth. Retrieved June 15, 2006, from www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/FarmersMarketGrowth.htm
4. Heffernan, William and Mary Hendrickson (2005, June). The Global Food System: A Research Agenda. Report to the Agribusiness Accountability Initiative Conference on Corporate Power in the Global Food System. High Leigh Conference Centre, Hertfordshire, UK.
5. Mobed, K., E.B. Gold and M.B. Schenker (1992). Occupational health problems among migrant and seasonal farm workers. In: Western Journal of Medicine 157(3): 367-373.
6. Figures were calculated in Iowa and may differ from state to state. Pirog, R. T. Van Pelt, K. Enshayan and E. Cook 2001. Food, Fuel and Freeways: An Iowa Perspective on How Far Food Travels, Fuel Usage, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University.
7. Ibid.

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