This article reviews the scientific literature on local food from the consumer's perspective and
analyses findings through the application of the Alphabet Theory–a newly developed …

Local food production benefits sustainable regional development and should be considered
as one the pillars of sustainable regional development strategies. Local food producers …

Given the lack of state regulation and the growing consumer demand for local foods, several
retailers have started to promote “locally” grown food using different labeling strategies …

The COVID-19 outbreak has forced customers to shift their food habits to more locally grown
products. Therefore, restaurants have begun to provide local food, which is reflected in “farm …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify sustainability aspects that overlap with local
and organic consumer profiles in order to provide evidence that can be used to promote …

A choice experiment of Mid-Atlantic consumers was conducted to determine marginal
willingness to pay for the attributes organic, natural, locally grown, and state marketing …

We conducted a nationwide choice experiment to gauge Canadian consumers' willingness
to pay (WTP) for local beef assigned with various mileage and geopolitical connotations …

Purpose This paper aims to identify what ethical attributes tourists associate with national
parks' brands shown on food souvenir labels and the influence of such attributes on …

Local food production is meaningful not only for a single producer but also for the consumer,
and finally for the entire region. Therefore, it would be beneficial to take up the issue of local …

What is local food? To answer this question, past consumer research focused on a definition
based on distances between the point of production and the point of purchase or political …