Food Routes Network
Encyclopedia
FoodRoutes Network headquartered in Arnot, Pennsylvania in the United States, is a national non-profit organization
that provides support to a variety of other localized groups that encourage sustainable agriculture
and community-based food systems.
Its goal is to re-introduce Americans to their food
: the seeds from which it grows, the farmers who produce it, and the routes it takes from the farm to their tables. They are the national coordinator for the 'Buy Fresh Buy Local' chapter network,with over 50 chapters as of 2007.
Its most visible efforts have been a series of marketing campaigns designed to make consumers aware of the benefits of buying and eating local food
. FRN also maintains a website where consumers nationwide can find farms in their areas that sell direct to the public as well as restaurants that buy and serve locally-grown food.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that provides support to a variety of other localized groups that encourage sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is the practice of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment...
and community-based food systems.
Its goal is to re-introduce Americans to their food
Food
Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...
: the seeds from which it grows, the farmers who produce it, and the routes it takes from the farm to their tables. They are the national coordinator for the 'Buy Fresh Buy Local' chapter network,with over 50 chapters as of 2007.
Its most visible efforts have been a series of marketing campaigns designed to make consumers aware of the benefits of buying and eating local food
Local food
Local food or the local food movement is a "collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies - one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution, and consumption is integrated to enhance the economic, environmental and social health of a particular...
. FRN also maintains a website where consumers nationwide can find farms in their areas that sell direct to the public as well as restaurants that buy and serve locally-grown food.