Local food research has been generally focused on strengthening the alternative food system by scaling up local agriculture, rather than advancing strategies to bridge gaps between local farmers and conventional food retail businesses. Competitive advantage theory forms the foundation of a framework based on Porter's (1985) firm (business unit) value chain for investigating food system gaps, and a logic model for promoting development by
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