@misc{orgprints8774, editor = {Helena Kahiluoto and Per G. Berg and Artur Granstedt and Holger Fischer and Olof Thomsson}, title = {Introduction}, author = {Helena Kahiluoto}, year = {2006}, series = {Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society (BERAS)}, pages = {10--13}, journal = {The power of local - sustainable food systems around the Baltic sea : interdisciplinary synthesis of the BERAS project}, keywords = {food production, sustainable agriculture, environmental impact, agricultural trade}, url = {http://orgprints.org/8774/}, abstract = {The introductory chapter describes the challenge and notes the complex of rural problem, associated with food systems, with focus on those in countries bordering the Baltic Sea. It concludes with the general hypothesis that food systems that are more local and recycling would be more sustainable than current ones.} }