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Good Food Principle: Farmer Livelihoods
Food producers, including farmers, harvesters, and fishers, are key to making food systems more sustainable. Often, they are the leaders and innovators that spark on-the-ground change and share knowledge most effectively with other practitioners. As a core theme across FLEdGE, the research explored the importance of sustaining, viable farmer livelihoods and the challenges and opportunities for contemporary food producers. Researchers worked with NGOs, producer groups, governments, and institutions across scales and disciplines to identify and realize opportunities to support food producers in adapting to changing economies, including co-creating new opportunities for training, accessing capital, and connecting with consumers.
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Farmer Training Programs in North America
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Farmer Livelihoods
Good Food Principle: Farmer Livelihoods Food producers, including farmers, harvesters, and fishers, are key to making food systems more sustainable. Often, they are the leaders and innovators that spark on-the-ground change and share knowledge [...]
