A foodshed includes the area where food in produced, where it is transported, where it is sold, and where it is consumed. It includes the land it grows on, the routes it travels, the markets it goes through, and the tables it ends up gracing. A foodshed also includes the people that make the food system in the area functional. Foodsheds are not closed systems, but rather they overlap and influence each other.

As regional foodsheds take hold across the state, we believe these pre-existing centers of relationships and resource-sharing can act as anchors for advancing more robust local food systems.