Sales of locally produced foods comprise a small but growing part of U.S. agricultural sales. USDA estimates that farm-level value of local food sales totaled about $4.8 billion in 2008, or about 1.6% of the U.S. market for agricultural products. An estimated total of 107,000 farms are engaged in local food systems, or about 5% of all U.S. farms.
| Author: Congressional Research Service |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Jun 26, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 68 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1511411430 |
| ISBN-13: 9781511411431 |