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Local Food Plus

Local Food Plus is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Local Food Plus rather than just read about it. In short: Local Food Plus (LFP) was a Toronto-based non-profit organization that brought farmers and consumers together to build regional food economies. It created "LFP certified" farmers and processors in Ontario, Atlantic Canada, British Columbia and the Canadian Prairies who used sustainable practices, and helped connect farmers and buyers, in part through a "Buy to Vote" campaign, based on the notion of voting with one's…

Key takeaways

Local Food Plus belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Local Food Plus to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Local Food Plus from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Local Food Plus (LFP) was a Toronto-based non-profit organization that brought farmers and consumers together to build regional food economies. It created "LFP certified" farmers and processors in Ontario, Atlantic Canada, British Columbia and the Canadian Prairies who used sustainable practices, and helped connect farmers and buyers, in part through a "Buy to Vote" campaign, based on the notion of voting with one's money. This certification is not as fully considered as, for example, organic certification, but because it considers a wide range of 'ethical' points, the consumer may be able to purchase a well-rounded and 'morally' sound item if it bears the LFP label. The organization was founded in 2005 by Lori Stahlbrand and Mike Schreiner, and was run by the Land Food People Foundation from 2008. Local Food Plus ceased operation in 2014.

See also Food Security Sustainable Agriculture Foodland Ontario Geography of food Right to food Food rescue

References

Cooper, Kathryn (2008). "Local Food Plus: A Model for Food Citizenship in North America" WORLDCHANGING. Porter, Catherine (2007). "Food growers target customers with a conscience", Toronto Star. Towe, Brian (2008). "Group Helps Local Farmers", Metro Toronto. Choose Your Food "Food Certification Overview" Local Food Plus [1]

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Local Food Plus

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Local Food Plus claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Local Food Plus before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Local Food Plus ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Local Food Plus

In research: Local Food Plus appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Local Food Plus in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Local Food Plus is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2005 establishments in Ontario, 2014 disestablishments in Ontario, Agricultural organizations based in Canada, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Local Food Plus outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Local Food Plus in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Local Food Plus means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Local Food Plus out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Local Food Plus in simple terms?

Why does Local Food Plus matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Local Food Plus?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Local Food Plus.