Local food and sustainable regional development

Sammanfattning

This paper examines municipality-owned sustainable and local food production initiatives in Dalarna, Sweden, through the lens of the 'public plate' as both a strategy for securing high-quality, sustainable food and a tool for regional development. Using a qualitative case study, we explore how these initiatives promote local food while advancing broader sustainability goals. We situate local actions within regional and national policy contexts, highlighting how overlapping agendas shape implementation. Focusing on the & Aring;tertaget programme, we reveal the opportunities and challenges public actors face in mobilising food systems to address environmental, social and economic objectives in place-based development frameworks.

Nyckelord

regional development; local food; policy; public sector; sustainability; Q1; Q18, R11; R58

Publicerad i

Regional Studies
2025, volym: 59, nummer: 1, artikelnummer: 2581127

SLU författare

• Westerdahl, Sara

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Nordström Källström, Helena

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap
Miljöekonomi och förvaltning
Studier av offentlig förvaltning

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2581127

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/145081