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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. economics
  3. agricultural economics
  4. foodshed
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. economics
  3. agricultural economics
  4. foodshed

Preferred term

foodshed

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Related concepts

Synonyms

  • food shed
  • food-shed

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137825

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